Need an iron and solder recommendations for some thru hole synth kits. Leaded or lead free for a noob?

  • insurgentrat [she/her, it/its]
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    3 days ago

    Anything is fine really. Don't overthink it, just look at the temp it melts at. DIP you're way less likely to cook a chip anyway.

    imho worrying about solder overmuch is like worrying about the specific type of nail in a carpentry project. Unless you're an expert or working at the edge of tolerances then it wont affect the final product much.

    As credentials: I have handwired 2 keyboards and built an led cube. A good iron and rosin flux will do 90% of the work. Your only remaining job is to set the temp right, grow 3 arms to align stuff, and briefly touch the iron to pin.