Building a phaser part 3

[100roberthenry]

man they are tiny resistors etc...

you must have great eyes..

[MusicMiK]

Not great eyes, but a good magnifier :) Those resistors are large ones. 1206. Maybe i try 0603 some day. Half the size. "dust"...

[jnrolf]

Very Interesting, Thanks.

Question: How do you clean solder away, that has tracked over (and short) to another copper line, say around  a transistor? Especially at theses small distances.

[MusicMiK]

For a very small amount, i usually get away with "cutting" the short with the hot iron tip, eventually "pulling" the solder along the tracks or pads. For more, use a desolder wick or pump first. In very rare cases, it might help to heat up the place and use a sharp knife to carefully cut the hot solder. This especially helps with shorts over fine pitched SMD legs, as you don't get between them with a normal tip.

[jnrolf]

Thanks MusicMiK.

I have a project that went bad on me, after seeing what you could do with such a fine hand/touch, I may try and recover the mess I got my self into.

Thanks for the info and keep up the good work.

[nukebuilder]

This has been very instructive, thanks very much for posting this series of vids!