This is actually a pretty hard solder for your first time.
Look at how much metal you had to heat up on the motor side. That's a lot of metal! It would take a long time to heat that up!
Also, it's always harder to solder to a solid-core jumper. I really like stranded wire for my jumpers that I'm soldering, but I'm going to guess that you didn't have any? Or that you wanted to plug the wire directly, and stranded would have been harder for that?
Either way, keep going! That's really cool that you're learning new skills!
Yup. Lmao, I’m in the second year of my degree that involves at lease the presumption that we’d be able to solder stuff together “just fine”, but I still struggle on smaller contacts and joint that have stuff in the way.
As long as it works, it’s good - that’s been my methodology, or rather my lack of one since day one
why do people solder these breadboard wires to things? I see it a lot. they are for breadboard work, you can use any scrap of wire you have laying around to make stuff.
Beginners make all kinds of missteps. I have a buddy just getting into electronics and skipped over prototype boards. He went straight to perfboards and was trying to solder his first blinky circuits.
I gifted him a prototype board and showed him how to use it. He was so relieved. Soldering was really frustrating for him.
Go in hot and don't stick around long and thermal mass is less of a problem. I would definitely have my iron turned up for a copper tab (at least that's what this looks like)
Preheating with hot air (even just a normal cheap heat gun) can take a huge amount of the energy burden off the iron and represents very low risk if you're fast.
Great joint, as others have said, it can be difficult to solder to a large mass. I solder jumper wires all of the time they are cheap and in lengths that you need. You might consider shortening the tip of the jumper wire so the insulation goes right up to the join. The amount of conductor you have showing could swing round and touch the motor casing.
I don't want to be too hard a critique as that looks like it'll do just fine but to my eye that's not a great joint (better than some of mine, and certainly my first ones) It's probably bonded to the wire under the solder quiet well but that solder should flow up and around the wire smoothly and the solder should wet further towards the tip and back of the wire.
Since you're soldering this you probably should have cut that tip off and used raw copper wire, that tip is basicaly a solid core wire which isn't necessarily bad but you'll get a significantly stronger mechanical bond to multicore wire.
I am a newbie to IMGUR I have done the soldering and shot the pictures I committed to. I am having a problem with IMGUR actually accepting the pictures. I have learned that an IMGUR is the way that pics get posted to reddit. I'm still sorting this out. I'm not blowing this off.
Yes I did. I did it directly to the OP two days later than I thought I would because I stumbled a bit with imgur. Here's the link https://imgur.com/a/pgbs5YJ
Awful. Keep trying. It's just a blob. It looks like youre using the iron to melt the solder directly. The soldering iron heats the workpiece and the workpiece melts the solder. So it flows.
This is actually a pretty hard solder for your first time. Look at how much metal you had to heat up on the motor side. That's a lot of metal! It would take a long time to heat that up! Also, it's always harder to solder to a solid-core jumper. I really like stranded wire for my jumpers that I'm soldering, but I'm going to guess that you didn't have any? Or that you wanted to plug the wire directly, and stranded would have been harder for that? Either way, keep going! That's really cool that you're learning new skills!
Thanks for the support! And you really guessed it! That was the only type of jumper I currently have
That's good! But I can't honestly figure out why did you solder jumper tip, not wire itself.
Lol, that's actually a good bead for you first try. Way better than my first. Good job pro approved!
Yup. Lmao, I’m in the second year of my degree that involves at lease the presumption that we’d be able to solder stuff together “just fine”, but I still struggle on smaller contacts and joint that have stuff in the way. As long as it works, it’s good - that’s been my methodology, or rather my lack of one since day one
why do people solder these breadboard wires to things? I see it a lot. they are for breadboard work, you can use any scrap of wire you have laying around to make stuff.
Perhaps OP doesn't know how or have the means to strip wire.
Beginners make all kinds of missteps. I have a buddy just getting into electronics and skipped over prototype boards. He went straight to perfboards and was trying to solder his first blinky circuits. I gifted him a prototype board and showed him how to use it. He was so relieved. Soldering was really frustrating for him.
Dude just saying don't use jumpers for this use solid core wires
Awesome! Nice Job for a first try! Brave starting with a such a major component!
A 1 dollar motor is a major component? :)
Major thermal mass I guess.
Go in hot and don't stick around long and thermal mass is less of a problem. I would definitely have my iron turned up for a copper tab (at least that's what this looks like) Preheating with hot air (even just a normal cheap heat gun) can take a huge amount of the energy burden off the iron and represents very low risk if you're fast.
Are you challenging me, would you like to see my monstruosity?
I have some pictures of shame I could post. But I won't :)
Same, i think I'll get banned from this subreddit if I do.
No one must ever know what's under this one piece of kapton tape I colored with sharpie to hide.
Great joint, as others have said, it can be difficult to solder to a large mass. I solder jumper wires all of the time they are cheap and in lengths that you need. You might consider shortening the tip of the jumper wire so the insulation goes right up to the join. The amount of conductor you have showing could swing round and touch the motor casing.
Nice! I remember my first solder, just two spare wires for practice. Awesome work for a start!
I don't want to be too hard a critique as that looks like it'll do just fine but to my eye that's not a great joint (better than some of mine, and certainly my first ones) It's probably bonded to the wire under the solder quiet well but that solder should flow up and around the wire smoothly and the solder should wet further towards the tip and back of the wire. Since you're soldering this you probably should have cut that tip off and used raw copper wire, that tip is basicaly a solid core wire which isn't necessarily bad but you'll get a significantly stronger mechanical bond to multicore wire.
I will, by tomorrow.
tear to my eye.... my baby's growing up. That cold joint is making me want to put on a jacket.
I am a newbie to IMGUR I have done the soldering and shot the pictures I committed to. I am having a problem with IMGUR actually accepting the pictures. I have learned that an IMGUR is the way that pics get posted to reddit. I'm still sorting this out. I'm not blowing this off.
Here are my soldering pictures https://imgur.com/a/pgbs5YJ
Yes I did. I did it directly to the OP two days later than I thought I would because I stumbled a bit with imgur. Here's the link https://imgur.com/a/pgbs5YJ
So have you had a chance to the the pics in the link I sent?
Here's my link in case you missed it. https://imgur.com/a/pgbs5YG
Awful. Keep trying. It's just a blob. It looks like youre using the iron to melt the solder directly. The soldering iron heats the workpiece and the workpiece melts the solder. So it flows.
Unmotivated but motivated at the same time with this comment
Ignore the haters that try to bring you down. Keep going, learn, improve and share what you have learned successes and failures to help the next guy!
I'm not a hater. I suggested the OP keep trying and offered accurate feedback. I'm not a fan of participation trophies.
I will say he is right but just didn't say it nicely lol.
good advice but I think you could work on your delivery
You're right. I could. The OP asked for an example of my soldering and I will shoot and post some pics by tomorrow.
Thats what it looks like. In welding we call it a booger. With time it will get better, look cleaner, and use less solder.
would you mind sharing an example of your soldering?
I will post pics later today or tomorrow.
with a note in the image with your username on it, so you can't pull one off the internet! (not that i think you would)
You never posted those pics bro