About the correct
use of some of the tolls you will need to realize the projects described
in these pages...
Soldering:
First, something about the choice of your soldering iron. To my mind,
there is no need for a powerfull soldering iron like those you will
find for about 40$ (mine was 6$). The only thing is to have one whose
is not too broad. Because when you have to solder small components,
you will risk to solder them together. Now about soldering itself: This
is quite simple. all you have to do is dispose the component correctly,
then heat the circuit with your iron, then approach the pewter and it
will melt. Remember that in order to have a resisting soldering, both
things you want to solder must be hot when you apply pewter. That's
about what you have to know for ordinary componets.
Now how to solder SMC's (Surface Mounted Components
- those are small components used mostly in industrial processes likes
computers): put some pewter on your iron, then try to have one side
of your component fixed on the board by putting this small drop of pewter
on it. The only thing that matters at this stage is that the component
won't move. then solder the other side as usual. Then come back to the
other side and solder it properly.
