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  1. Question Lead-free SMD solder & flux recommendations?

    I have some generic Sn99.3/Cu0.7 (Not SN100C, it's older than that) lead-free solder and flux from a few years ago that works fine for through-hole, but it's 1.0mm and I've already failed using it for anything SMD that's more complicated than 0805 passives. Any recommendations for a lead-free...
  2. Question Question about my soldering iron

    I have started working on an Ashida, and things have been going well so far, except for issues with my soldering iron. I currently have this Merece soldering station: I have had it for roughly 3½ years, and it worked fine for the basic soldering I did during that time. With my Ashida...
  3. DiamondBuildsWii202

    Question Solder recommendations?

    My solder doesn't work very well. The fan connection sometimes doesn't work and it doesn't stick on to the bms. Does anyone know a cheap and easy to find solder?
  4. Best way to protect delicate solder joints?

    Hey y'all, I'm currently working on my Wii portable. There's several sensitive solder joints on the main Wii motherboard. These include AWG 38 magnet wire soldered to tiny AVE pins, as well as that *one* via that you can solder the U10 wire to. Anyone know how to make sure those wires never come...
  5. Question Soldering Gear / Necessary Materials

    Hey brethren I kinda asked about this on Discord already but I thought I'd ask again. I checked the forums and found a couple possibilities for soldering irons/solder/flux, but I've never soldered anything in my life. I'll practice on a couple wiis before I start with the u10 relocation. Right...
  6. Solved Easiest way to remove Wii components?

    So I could use a little advice here. What does everyone do for desoldering components? I've noticed that Nintendo's boards are usually pretty tough when it comes to trying to desolder things. I've learned that you can actually just break the GameCube controller ports off clean and not lose any...
  7. Ampz

    Where to buy solder?

    Does anyone know where I can get a good amount of solder from for a good price? And what type should I get? If I can recall correctly I think rosin core with lead and something else.
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