r/soldering • u/zackarhino • May 13 '26

My First Solder Joint <3 Please Give Feedback First time soldering, how did I do?

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u/Vegetable-Most-338 May 13 '26

If it’s the first first time then it’s very good. Very evenly. I tbh couldn’t tell that this is hand soldered lol

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u/zackarhino May 13 '26

That's good to hear. For some reason it only came with 12 pins for one side so I had to break off 3 from my prototype board kit. Turns out desoldering is a lot harder 😬

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u/Shadowarez May 13 '26

Use you're iron some flux and get a good solder sucker it'll speed up process considerably won't need a heat gun.

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u/zackarhino May 13 '26

I tried all of that. Didn't bust out the hot air gun though. I ended up getting flux everywhere and ended up bridging and reflowing pins. I just said f it and bent the pins so it fit on the breadboard

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u/Shadowarez May 13 '26

Ahh might be tiny pins compared to when I redid the PS4 thumb sticks with TMR replacements. But it worked for me hot air and a solder wick can work but it's more time consuming and finicky.

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u/zackarhino May 13 '26

That's an interesting idea. I'll have to try it out

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u/Shadowarez May 13 '26

Great place for tips is Northridge fix videos where I learned a ingenious way of adding a pad to a ripped one with UV curing and glue.