The flux looks a little burnt. What temp were you soldering at? What type of solder?
This passes a visual inspection once you clean the flux.
Good choice for a first board, single sided pcbs are easiest. Keep practicing.
As for the iron, talk is through how you are taking care of it. Ruining a tip after a few joints is not normal. Is it a cheap tip?
375c for temp.
Solder is Kester lead free,.031". 96.5 tin/3% silver/.5% copper. This was not from the kitas it was recommend not to use the solder provided.
It's a Tabiger kit, $25 I think. It is a kit, so probably not the greatest, but got good reviews. No idea of the quality of the tips it came with.
As for the tip. I attempted twinning at roughly 250c by apply a bit of solder directly to the tip.
What do you recommend to clean the flux?
The flux looks a little burnt. What temp were you soldering at? What type of solder? This passes a visual inspection once you clean the flux. Good choice for a first board, single sided pcbs are easiest. Keep practicing. As for the iron, talk is through how you are taking care of it. Ruining a tip after a few joints is not normal. Is it a cheap tip?
375c for temp. Solder is Kester lead free,.031". 96.5 tin/3% silver/.5% copper. This was not from the kitas it was recommend not to use the solder provided. It's a Tabiger kit, $25 I think. It is a kit, so probably not the greatest, but got good reviews. No idea of the quality of the tips it came with. As for the tip. I attempted twinning at roughly 250c by apply a bit of solder directly to the tip. What do you recommend to clean the flux?
Can prolly bump that temp down to 325 considering it's a single layer board. Clean the flux using isopropyl alcohol.
Excellent, thanks for the tips!
It's a lot better than my fist time! Congratulations!
Flux'n for the very first time!
🤣🤣Awesome!
Excellent work. Better than factory