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RE: Speaking of soldering tiny wires

In Reply to: RE: Speaking of soldering tiny wires posted by ianm0 on July 6, 2014 at 17:09:25:

Did you post on the Vinyl asylum a few months back with photos? One of the wires had a sharp kink in it from memory. Anyway, we would have had a brief exchange back then which would be similar to what I write here:

Don't attempt it unless you have the right tools - a fine tip and a good temperature controlled iron combined with an appropriate gauge of solder. I don't know if your cartridge is ROHS compliant? In which case you need lead free solder. That is tricky stuff to hand solder - you need to heat the surfaces at least 2x to 3x longer than with leaded solder and you risk damage to the plastic parts supporting the pins. Leadfree flux will help. The important things to remember - heat the work not the solder and don't rework a joint!

Anyway, depending on your skill level, I would advise caution unless you are prepared for the worst case scenario...

Good luck!

Regards Anthony

"Beauty is Truth, Truth Beauty.." Keats

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Topic - Speaking of soldering tiny wires - unclestu 19:05:50 05/30/14 (13)

Yes! Only once (thankfully!)... - Dman 11:32:05 06/03/14 (1)

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RE: Speaking of soldering tiny wires - johnmil 05:52:04 05/31/14 (5)

RE: Speaking of soldering tiny wires - Awe-d-o-file 13:55:59 05/31/14 (4)

RE: Speaking of soldering tiny wires - johnmil 16:30:36 05/31/14 (3)

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RE: Speaking of soldering tiny wires - johnmil 13:11:36 06/01/14 (1)

RE: Speaking of soldering tiny wires - Awe-d-o-file 19:57:10 06/03/14 (0)

RE: Speaking of soldering tiny wires - flood2 04:31:07 05/31/14 (4)

RE: Speaking of soldering tiny wires - ianm0 05:28:09 07/05/14 (3)

RE: Speaking of soldering tiny wires - flood2 16:25:16 07/06/14 (2)

RE: Speaking of soldering tiny wires - ianm0 17:09:25 07/06/14 (1)

RE: Speaking of soldering tiny wires - flood2 18:29:36 07/06/14 (0)

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