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My son-in-law has me interested in trying a Eurorack module build for him.
The soldering instructions state...
"Your solder joints should have a neat conical shape on BOTH sides of the PCB. If they don’t look the same on both sides then stop! Work out why f and don’t continue until you are getting those results. This isn’t about perfectionism, you are very likely to end up with a destroyed, damaged or defective unit if you’re not hitting that standard."
I also found this in the net...
"I made this illustration to show how a good soldering joint should look on both single sided and double sided PCB’s. The O2 PCB is double sided and hence you need to let the solder run though to the other side. Sometime this isn’t happening and then you can solder the component from the other side instead. Good quality solder will run easier and avoid anything with silver in it, that’s just too hard to use and you’ll get a cold solder joint."
The following is about the best I have ever managed...
Thanks in advance for your comments and advice.
Cheers
Dave
The soldering instructions state...
"Your solder joints should have a neat conical shape on BOTH sides of the PCB. If they don’t look the same on both sides then stop! Work out why f and don’t continue until you are getting those results. This isn’t about perfectionism, you are very likely to end up with a destroyed, damaged or defective unit if you’re not hitting that standard."
I also found this in the net...
"I made this illustration to show how a good soldering joint should look on both single sided and double sided PCB’s. The O2 PCB is double sided and hence you need to let the solder run though to the other side. Sometime this isn’t happening and then you can solder the component from the other side instead. Good quality solder will run easier and avoid anything with silver in it, that’s just too hard to use and you’ll get a cold solder joint."

The following is about the best I have ever managed...

Thanks in advance for your comments and advice.
Cheers
Dave