tricks to desolder?
03-16-2007, 05:26 PM
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Re: tricks to desolder?
Originally Posted by MADMAX
That's right Chris. We are few that take pride and do a professional job.
From Solvent to Conformal Coat.
I still do ecu's and basemaps all motor ones cause thats where majority of my experince is for a buddy of mine who does engine building for a living, so I do 2-3 a month. I have wanted to invest into a desoldering station but the 4 bucks for braid and the shack always calls me back.
Props to anyone that can spend a couple hours a day soldering. Funny cause I can spend hours porting and it really doesnt bother me but for most people they will have a loaded gun waiting.
03-16-2007, 05:32 PM
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Re: tricks to desolder?
Originally Posted by MADMAX
Not everyone. I make good money doing it, and that's just local. These have been paid for many, many, many times over. Gotta use pro products.
Having previous experience helps too.
word I learned how to do soldering when I was around 10 years ols with rc cars. Mad skillllz. 17t motor owned the streets.
03-16-2007, 10:45 PM
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Re: tricks to desolder?
Originally Posted by chris
word I learned how to do soldering when I was around 10 years ols with rc cars. Mad skillllz. 17t motor owned the streets.
I wasn't that young when I learned how, sometime in middle school. Every RC car I had always needed repair. Battery wires and motor wires would always break off from the factory. New soldering and some hot glue fixed all problems
03-17-2007, 07:51 AM
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Re: tricks to desolder?
Originally Posted by MADMAX
I wasn't that young when I learned how, sometime in middle school. Every RC car I had always needed repair. Battery wires and motor wires would always break off from the factory. New soldering and some hot glue fixed all problems
My dad is a electrical engineer so I got taught young the basics. I miss my rc10. I built an awd civic back in high school thing was wicked fast but on any turn it would flip. Always used electrical motors the 17t was a killer on top end for sure.
03-17-2007, 08:56 AM
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Re: tricks to desolder?
I far prefer using a solder sucker to using braid. I spend about 6-8hrs a day soldering at the moment. But i'm an electronic engineer.
Main tips, use a good quality iron. Use a solder sucker, if the hole doesn't come clean or you end up with a little bit of solder left in the hole add more solder until it forms a decent sized dome, then heat it up and try again.
If the solder won't flow, use liquid flux (this ---- will make you cough your lungs up).
Takes me 20 mins to chip an ecu, i earn $60 for each chipping job i do. Plus IAB conversions earn me $50-100
For pre-chipped ecu's i use side cutters to cut through the legs, then tweezers to pull the pins from the heated solder. Takes another 5 mins max. Seriously, you struggle with crappy through hole components? I have to solder 0603 package surface mount in work.
Main tips, use a good quality iron. Use a solder sucker, if the hole doesn't come clean or you end up with a little bit of solder left in the hole add more solder until it forms a decent sized dome, then heat it up and try again.
If the solder won't flow, use liquid flux (this ---- will make you cough your lungs up).
Takes me 20 mins to chip an ecu, i earn $60 for each chipping job i do. Plus IAB conversions earn me $50-100
For pre-chipped ecu's i use side cutters to cut through the legs, then tweezers to pull the pins from the heated solder. Takes another 5 mins max. Seriously, you struggle with crappy through hole components? I have to solder 0603 package surface mount in work.
03-18-2007, 11:17 PM
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Re: tricks to desolder?
Originally Posted by chris
Chris your business has grown alot in the last couple years for sure. Keep up the good work.
Doing solder work is very calming to me. When I had my day job I could come home and sit there for a few hours and bang out a couple ECUs with the sucker and braid. Darkness turned into light when I bought my first desolder station, wow...what a difference. Cleaner and easier...for me it made sense. Probably close to 1000 ECUs now it well paid for itself, I actually bought a 2nd station a while back
