I use a set of reverse tweezers to hold the tiny little pieces. It also helps to get your fingers out of the way so you can see what you’re doing with really small parts.
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DosDude@retrolemmy.com 7 months ago
Oh this hurts physically. So much frustration when soldering with the small wires. So much wasted solder to save your fingers from burning.
Thanks. I hate it.
stoicmaverick@lemmy.world 7 months ago
ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 7 months ago
If your fingers are burning from soldering, you’re doing it wrong.
RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
soldering stock photo of woman holding it wrong
EchoCranium@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
I have that same soldering pen. Apparently I’ve been holding it wrong for years. I’m such an amateur.
The_Overseer@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Is that pic from alamy ? I can’t tell
RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
femboy_bird@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
🤮
tostiman@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
hmmm
DosDude@retrolemmy.com 7 months ago
From feeding tiny bits of solder. Not from soldering.
fl42v@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
I prefer grabbing small amounts of solder with the tip of the soldering iron instead. Helps a lot when solderling small stuff, esp. smd components
DosDude@retrolemmy.com 7 months ago
I prefer adding solder while soldering. The solder itself also holds flux, and often when you do it that way you don’t need to add flux yourself. Also if you solder through hole and you add solder to the tip before soldering all the flux dissappears, and you don’t have enough solder for the weld.
And small amounts of solder doesn’t mean short strips, which is what you get when you do what OP posted.
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Or maybe you haven’t been doing it enough.