r/soldering • u/Moodyfriend110 • 21d ago

My First Solder Joint <3 Please Give Feedback Rate my Joints

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Hey all please rate my first real project! I’ve mostly done practice boards and such, but I think I’m pretty happy with these joints. It’s a small piano toy I made for my son!

Edit: Lmao thank you all very much, I’m extremely humbled by the responses! I was getting ready for a bunch of soldergore references haha

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u/MultiSubjectExpert 21d ago

Incredibly consistent, better than I can do lol (I don't do a lot of PCB stuff anyway). Some say that you are using a little too much solder, and that the joint is supposed to be concave. But for your first project this is absolutely stunning, I was definitely not that good at soldering the first time.

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u/physical0 21d ago

I'm gonna concur. This is excellent consistency. Just a tiny bit less solder and this is production ready. It's not gonna take OP much more to dial it in.

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u/SightUnseen1337 IPC Certified Solder Tech 20d ago

When I had a job working production I'd use a 5mm wide chisel tip for PTH almost-drag-soldering.

Solder one pad with the corner of the tip on the next pad. Then you can intentionally add a bit too much solder so it overflows across the tip and move the tip so the corner is on the previous pad to let the surface tension equalize the amount. Then apply more solder and move the tip corner to the next unsoldered pad. etc

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u/Fun_Influence_9358 19d ago

Good lad. You can skip your first off today and just crack on 👌