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Can you solder? Would you solder for a homebrew project?
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I'd really love to use one to build a drone but I have nowhere to set it up, seems like a thing you'd keep in a garage and mine is really small
Never soldered in my life before and I nodded a gameboy with a backlight and bivert mod easily enough. Watch some YouTube videos on soldering technique and you learn.
I always though you soldeeeing by adding the soldering to the iron the entire time. Boy was I wrong!
I always though you soldeeeing by adding the soldering to the iron the entire time. Boy was I wrong!
Good to know. I just ordered a couple of practice kits. I'm also eyeballing an Arduino starter kit, but I'll hold off on that for now. XD
I went to school for circuit card repair quite some time ago, and I can tell you with certainty that the jobs as appearing above are very easy...provided you have the right equipment and a bit of practice.Let's be more specific, does something like this look doable to people here:
How about this instead:
If you have a cheap 10 dollar iron, with a fat tip, no flux (to aid in heat transfer), you will likely have large globs and bridging on your hands.
Soldering is much easier than you think.
I've wired a serial cable to c64, added a new laser on a ps2, repaired another c64, soldered together an arduino and a dev board that connects to it.
The only thing that ever really deters me is when you're dealing with super small components where you need a air gun or whatever those are and tweezers. Even then... if I wanted it bad enough.
The only thing that ever really deters me is when you're dealing with super small components where you need a air gun or whatever those are and tweezers. Even then... if I wanted it bad enough.
Update: So, I completed one of the two practice soldering kits that I purchased last night. Earlier today, I did a battery mod on my Dreamcast so I don't have to deal with a soldered-in LIR 2032 battery anymore. I plan on installing a self-healing fuse for the controller ports when the parts arrive, too. I have to say, despite the practice kit's instructions not being all that great, the repetitive nature of it has made me already pretty comfortable with soldering. Thanks for recommending the practice kits!
Funny this has been bumped because a week later and I have a small soldering project. Headphone repair.
Good news, I'm glad it worked out well.
A few years ago I turned down a free Dreamcast with two controllers, arcade sticks, VMUs and a spindle of games because it had the dead battery issue and I didn't realise how easy it was to fix. I'm still kicking myself.
Oh, yeah, that would've been a nice little bundle, even if the Dreamcast didn't work. A lot of Dreamcasts also have dead controller ports, which is another simple fix. Dreamcasts aren't terribly expensive, in either case, depending on where you are, though I'm obviously thinking much more about the possibility of buying "for parts or repair" systems to practice my soldering at this point.
Yes. I was taught by a really great technician (in a physics laboratory where we built these long-lasting gas measurement/anaytical devices).
It takes practice and a certain art to doing it correctly.
It takes practice and a certain art to doing it correctly.
I did learn how to when I was in high school, and could probably pick it up again though I was always pretty sloppy at it.
I actually might do it soon, as I have a cheap propel drone where one motor seems to have sucked up some sand, and I would
like to buy some new replacement motors to fix it. Pretty sure it would require some rudimentary soldering to fix.
I actually might do it soon, as I have a cheap propel drone where one motor seems to have sucked up some sand, and I would
like to buy some new replacement motors to fix it. Pretty sure it would require some rudimentary soldering to fix.
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For those who asked repeatedly what this topic was for: https://www.resetera.com/threads/build-your-own-sega-dreamcast-development-kit-for-under-5.138318/
Let's be more specific, does something like this look doable to people here:
How about this instead:
Yes, seems doable, but what do you have in mind?
I bought a soldering iron recently so that I could install a Brook universal fighting board into my arcade stick.
I'm 40 years old but I'd never soldered anything before. I watched a bunch of YouTube videos, including videos from Ben Heck (who is great). I'm not exactly great at it, but really it's not that hard, and I find it fun actually. Since then I've soldered quite a few things, just basic stuff.
Give it a go if you get the chance. it's kind of empowering being able to put together little projects.
I'm 40 years old but I'd never soldered anything before. I watched a bunch of YouTube videos, including videos from Ben Heck (who is great). I'm not exactly great at it, but really it's not that hard, and I find it fun actually. Since then I've soldered quite a few things, just basic stuff.
Give it a go if you get the chance. it's kind of empowering being able to put together little projects.