You don't want to use a soldering gun when working with discreet components
or integrated circuits. Those are for bigger jobs like antenna insulators
etc. I've put meters together and I basically used the excess leads that
come with components as a heat sync. You can feel the solder as it melts
and there is some steam that you can feel when good electrical connection is
made. I probably wouldn't cut the excess leads off until you've soldered
everything. 73- pat kk3f
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Harrington" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 8:16 PM
Subject: soddering?
> Hi everyone,
> I was wanting to see if anyone has developed any sort of system for
> soddering? I have no useable vision, and was wondering if anyone had
> any types of guns or anything they use?
> Thanks,
> Chris Harrington
>