No need to bend the legs, no need to do wire stripping. I did this in 30 minutes casually… I guess the full halve will take around 1 hour

  • Ulys@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    1 year ago

    Good to know, it looks very clean!

    The diodes seem to be flying!

    Practically, I guess assume you hold the diode to the pin, solder it, bring the wire to the diode and solder it. How do you hold the diode, the iron and the solder at the same time?

    • LazaroFilm@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      My guess is you pre tin the switch pin, get a blob of solder on your iron and have the diode in tweezers at the ready then put it all together. It only needs a small bead of solder (and flux).

      • Ulys@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        1 year ago

        Right! I can see how it would be fast then. “Just” tin all the pins, and when all the pins are tinned have your solder in a fixed position and then move your iron from solder to pin, stick the diode, and repeat. Cool!