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He actually mentions that solder is not a good mechanical connection and said he used solderwick to reinforce the patch joints.
by blueintegral 12y ago
He actually mentions that solder is not a good mechanical connection and said he used solderwick to reinforce the patch joints.
- DanBC 12y agoThe braid is laid flat across the join and then soldered to both boards. The soldering braid is only fixed using solder. That's not mechanically strong. There's no way to wrap the braid around anything.
- lttlrck 12y agoIn my experience the solder-copper bond is stronger than the copper-substrate bond. I'd expect that to fail first. It's a very cool little project nonetheless.