• pinknoise
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    3 years ago

    From my experience no luck is needed, just ample amounts of flux.

    • k_o_tOP
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      3 years ago

      yeah, having completed one half now, smd soldering is actually easier than i imagined it would be 😅

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      3 years ago

      yeah 😁

      it’s kind of janky, but it has temperature control, idle detection, and it has that newer heating elements so it gets up to 300C in like a couple of seconds, everything i need basically

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        3 years ago

        Do you have an instructable or something? I could probably cobble it together from notes, but a DIY soldering iron sounds fantastic!

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      3 years ago

      i’ll definitely post once it’s finished 👌