MSefi.com read only forum (Jan.15,2018)

Ok thanks alot everyone, the only thing left for me to do is to practice what I'm preaching. Hopefully my kit can get here before Christmas.

So, put a little solder on the tip, put the iron on the joint, than feed the solder to the joint until it forms a nice cone. The important part is to make sure not to blob solder from the iron onto the joint but to feed the solder to it, making sure the cone is blinging shiney, than clean the iron ...

Also I think I'm getting conflicting info on these soldering techniques. Lance is telling never to paste solder from the tip onto the joint, while Stickboy9137 is saying to put a little bit of solder on the tip. Am I not seeing something or are both of these right?

Ok, so I think I got a good shopping list going. Let me know if I should add anything:


-25W Pencil Iron
-0.75mm resin solder (~0.030")
-solder wick
- tip cleaner
- case of beer :wink:


Ok good, so I should be able to get all this stuff at the local radio shack. I actually have to desolder and ...

Thanks for all the replies. Money is a little tight so do you think the 379 Soldering Station is worth the money over a 15W pencil iron? Will I be able to make a nice and reliable board with using only a pencil iron? That soldering station looks real nice but I would rather build one MS first and ...

This maybe a dumb question but I've got everything ordered and I'm ready to start assembling my Megasquirt but I'm not too experienced in the soldering department. What type of solder and iron do you guys reccomend and where do I get them?


Thanks