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| Blueprint:
I wish i had your modding skills or patience.. I have done light modding and some painting as well.. and it's a lot work ... working with a solder gun is not my best point.. I do ok with paint l want to try to add VGA to a dreamcast. I have done some s-video to genesis but nothing fancier than that.. ???question what kind of soldering gun do you use or recommend. all i have is a cheapo harbor freight and it sucks for some reason they tip always melts . i'm not sure what i am doing wrong... any pointers wiggy.. |
| wiggy:
--- Quote from: Blueprint on January 21, 2013, 01:12:57 AM ---I wish i had your modding skills or patience.. I have done light modding and some painting as well.. and it's a lot work ... working with a solder gun is not my best point.. I do ok with paint l want to try to add VGA to a dreamcast. I have done some s-video to genesis but nothing fancier than that.. ???question what kind of soldering gun do you use or recommend. all i have is a cheapo harbor freight and it sucks for some reason they tip always melts . i'm not sure what i am doing wrong... any pointers wiggy.. --- End quote --- You're not doing anything wrong, you're just using lead-free solder. It eats tips :( Just keep a wet sponger, tinner, and some rosin flux on hand at all times. I use an 8 dollar 15W RadioShit iron for 90% of what I do. I just keep lots of extra tips on hand and a file ;) |
| Blueprint:
thanks for the tip wiggy. ;D |
| wiggy:
No prob! People seem to think you need a really nice iron to do little detail work, but you totally don't. Just having all the tools and materials is really what matters. The rosin flux helps a TON with lead-free solder. It's a real pain in the butt otherwise. Ok, so I made yet another clear red GBA today (which is up for grabs), the light-up GBA buttons shops be good to come out of the mold later today (super excited about that), and I'm transforming a beat shell and lens into something that I think will be pretty slick. Gonna sell all of it off ASAP to try and get myself that 3D printer I've been talking about. I'm tired of waiting, and it needs to happen now so I can really start getting head idea of mine to market for all of ya! Was even thinking about doing a mini-kickstarter type deal to help make that happen even faster. Not would mean some cool custom stuff for the donors, that's for sure ;D |
| wiggy:
Into the light up red GBA they will go! |
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