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Nice write-up. For something so thin, your soldering woes aren't surprising. The standard way to manage that would have been to solder everything in one go on
by aredox 2y ago
Nice write-up.
For something so thin, your soldering woes aren't surprising. The standard way to manage that would have been to solder everything in one go on a hot plate (reflow soldering).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QarizoUnRfk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QarizoUnRfk
- stronglikedan 2y ago> reflow soldering one of the most satisfying things to watch
- ghostly_s 2y agoThis video features the exact same technique and hot plate that was used here.
- sgraz 2y agoThank you, My first few attempts were with a SMD stencil and a 50x50mm hotplate, it's true that maybe a larger hotplate that could span the whole PCB might have done a better job. But with the smaller plate it was "easier" to just manually apply solder paste and do 4 switches at a time. I think this method is also highly specific to these switches. They are known for being difficult to solder with hobby-tier equipment.
- shellfishgene 2y agoI just reflowed a board in a cheap cast iron pan filled with some sand on my induction stove. Worked fine!