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by Tjabo
Wed Mar 01, 2006 1:46 pm
Forum: MS-II and V2.2/V3 Main Board Assembly, Testing, and Troubleshooting
Topic: Solder and Iron
Replies: 88
Views: 40616

.022" huh? I'll have to try that. Is it normal to use .022" on these things, I'd only read about using the .032"?
by Tjabo
Thu Jan 26, 2006 5:51 am
Forum: MS-II and V2.2/V3 Main Board Assembly, Testing, and Troubleshooting
Topic: Solder and Iron
Replies: 88
Views: 40616

Thanks for the help guys! I may just pony up the cash for the 379 before I put my kit together, but either way I think it would be nice to have some good flux like you mentioned PSIG, and so far I haven't been able to find any. None of the many radio shacks in the area even know what liquid flux is,...
by Tjabo
Wed Jan 25, 2006 5:22 pm
Forum: MS-II and V2.2/V3 Main Board Assembly, Testing, and Troubleshooting
Topic: Solder and Iron
Replies: 88
Views: 40616

I hear you MuyThai! I've got to go back and find out some more about "tinning," but I get the impression that you should be able to get the solder to sort of adhere to and coat the tip? I have had small areas on each of the cheap soldering iron tips I've used, including the Radio Shack che...
by Tjabo
Wed Jan 25, 2006 9:20 am
Forum: MS-II and V2.2/V3 Main Board Assembly, Testing, and Troubleshooting
Topic: Solder and Iron
Replies: 88
Views: 40616

For anyone who might be reading this early on in his or her MegaSquirting experience, the answers to my questions were pretty much all covered in the materials linked to out of the soldering part of the assembly guide (as many undoubtedly knew, but are probably tired of saying!). If you thoroughly r...
by Tjabo
Fri Jan 20, 2006 12:59 pm
Forum: MS-II and V2.2/V3 Main Board Assembly, Testing, and Troubleshooting
Topic: Solder and Iron
Replies: 88
Views: 40616

Is "solder wick" the same thing as "desoldering braid?" I went into radio shack today to get some of the necessary items to try and build a stimulator kit, and they had no idea what "solder wick" was. . . I also got the .032" diameter rosin core solder, and a 25 wa...