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A lead tech told me my solder joints looked 'cold and scared' and it actually fixed my work
Six months ago a lead tech at our hangar in Bakersfield watched me reflow a connector on a King radio and said my joints were 'cold and scared.' Meaning I was pulling the iron away too fast and not letting the pad heat up. He made me sit there and redo the same 9 pins three times with a timer until I got the feel for it. My rework rejection rate on solder work has dropped from about 1 in 5 to almost nothing since then. What's the harshest feedback you got that actually made you better at the bench?
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tyler36814d ago
Did he make you hold the iron on there longer or was it more about how you fed the solder in? I had a guy tell me my wire splices looked like I was "afraid of the heat" and that one stuck with me for years. He sat me down and made me practice on scrap wire for a whole afternoon, just watching how the solder flowed when the joint was actually hot enough. Turns out I was rushing because I didn't want to cook the insulation, so I was making ugly blobs instead of smooth shiny joints. Once I learned to trust the heat and move at the right speed my rework rate dropped a lot too.
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