Soldering HELP!!!!!!!

[chcjunior]

I'm coming around the last corner installing the Piezo pickup in my Fender acoustic. The 1/2 hole for the input jack was drilled and reamed without screwing up the veneer. The bridge has been sanded down by the added height of the piezo pickup.

So...it's time to solder the wires to the itty bitty circuit board. Typically when I solder installing pups I heat the item that's to be soldered to and then push the solder against it. This results in a pretty good solder joint (for me at least). However, I'm not sure this would be the way to go with that miniscule circuit board. Or is it? How heat sensitive is that green material on the circuit board?

Any input is much appreciated.

 

[Kent S.]

It's pretty tough, but i wouldn't abuse it ... You're more likely to make a trace separate from the board material itself ... Take your wire, pre-tin the ends ... put it in the holeand when you touch the iron tip to the lead by the pad touch a piece of solder to it at the pad ... It doesn't take much, the solder tends to adhere to those PCB pads, and to pre-tinned connections a lot easier than say trying to solder to a pot back. It's a pretty quick process, be careful and you should be fine.

 

[lastwinj]

i think cooper tools has a soldering primer.

germ

 

[chcjunior]

It's pretty tough, but i wouldn't abuse it ... You're more likely to make a trace separate from the board material itself ... Take your wire, pre-tin the ends ... put it in the holeand when you touch the iron tip to the lead by the pad touch a piece of solder to it at the pad ... It doesn't take much, the solder tends to adhere to those PCB pads, and to pre-tinned connections a lot easier than say trying to solder to a pot back. It's a pretty quick process, be careful and you should be fine.

Excellent, Thanks!

Kent, were you the one who gave me advice on how the shave the bridge? If so, good advice! I ended up opting using the the coarse grade sandpaper on a sanding black. I used a sharpie to get my mark for the amount I needed to take off and ten minutes later that part of the project was done.

 

[JacksonShredHead]

[if you already havn't] try pressing the iron on the bottom of the board and applying the componet and solder to the top of the board, the solder will be sucked to the heat of the iron therefore pulling it and the componet through the contact hole.

 

[Kent S.]

Excellent, Thanks!

Kent, were you the one who gave me advice on how the shave the bridge? If so, good advice! I ended up opting using the the coarse grade sandpaper on a sanding black. I used a sharpie to get my mark for the amount I needed to take off and ten minutes later that part of the project was done.

Yeah , that was me ... You're more than welcome ... Just glad I could help ...