Now let’s check out this solder wick stuff.
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Again I have an actual task. I ripped leads of this motor accidentally. There are still solder globs left that I need to remove to add new leads.
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This is a job for John… I mean Solder Wick
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First attempt… I… errr… soldered the wick onto the glob 😳. Wick gets hit btw. It looks like copper strands loosely woven with fiber. It wicks but also sticks.
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Let’s melt the glob and get wick off… back to square one with slightly deformed glob.
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Take 2: it worked. Trick is to hold object in place and pull the wick the moment it’s done wicking. Yay. Now we have a motor with holes in tabs visible.
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Gonna use 22 awg solid core leads because that allows other bare end to snap neatly into breadboard holes. No need to crimp on a pin. Any time you can avoid crimping you should.
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First attempt bad. Hole still visible and lead is insecure. Added more globbiness to fill it.
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Other lead went easier. I’m using leaded all the way btw. No video of active work since I don’t have separate camera set up and am using phone.
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Looking pretty good! My first few soldering projects looked a lot worse in the end.
pictured: my first attempt at bodging a fix on some ripped traces, my repair for that, and then a later project where I actually knew what I was doing.
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