Try touching the pad and the pin at the *same* time and adding solder at
the same time ?

Peter

On Thu, 8 Aug 2002, Dave Dribin wrote:

>On Thu, Aug 08, 2002 at 02:27:51PM -0400, Sid Weaver wrote:
>> > > Ok, so I am soldering these 10x2 headers (like Jameco [1] Part
>> > > #53479) to some perf board and I'm having some problems.  The plastic
>> > > doesn't really hold the pins in that well.  When I try and solder, the
>> > > plastic ends up melting a little, the pin comes loose and slides
>>
>> I solder these things all the time and don't have a problem.  You may be
>> holding the iron on there too long.  Touch your solder to the pin, then touch
>> your iron to the pin/solder junction.  As soon as the solder melts take the
>> iron away.  Takes about 1/2 second to solder a pin with a good iron.
>
>Yeah, I've pretty much determined I suck at soldering. :) I've bought
>a nice Weller temperature controlled iron (well, it's nicer than my
>$15 Radio Shack iron, at least).  How hot to you set you iron for on
>something like this?  I tried 650F, but turned it down to 600F when I
>noticed they started melting.  But I think I still held the iron on
>the pins too long, maybe a second or two.  I would touch the iron to
>the pin to warm it up first for a bit, then touch the solder to the
>the hot pin and iron.  Like I said, I think I suck at soldering.  I've
>never really watched anyone good, and I make tons of mistakes.
>
>-Dave
>
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