You would think it would make me feel better to know that every person has intrusive thoughts. But it doesn’t at all, quite the opposite.

Yall are as crazy as I am, we are doomed.

  • fl42v@lemmy.ml
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    7 months ago

    I prefer grabbing small amounts of solder with the tip of the soldering iron instead. Helps a lot when solderling small stuff, esp. smd components

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      7 months ago

      I prefer adding solder while soldering. The solder itself also holds flux, and often when you do it that way you don’t need to add flux yourself. Also if you solder through hole and you add solder to the tip before soldering all the flux dissappears, and you don’t have enough solder for the weld.

      And small amounts of solder doesn’t mean short strips, which is what you get when you do what OP posted.

      Source: I work in the circuit board population field. And do inspection and repairs.