JBC Soldering

Posted on 2024-04-09 [Tuesday] by Jay Jay

Today I stumbled upon: https://www.jbctools.com/. They have some nice looking kit! JBC was mentioned by Dave Jones in EEVblog #596 – World’s Cheapest Soldering Station – Yihua 936 so I went looking.

Bodge wire like a pro

Posted on 2023-09-05 [Tuesday] by Jay Jay

I just finished recording a video for In The Lab With Jay Jay wherein I install some bodge wires using my recently learned techniques. Below is the finished result. It’s actually three bodge wires joined together. A small one (0.07mm, 0.003″) from 28A to 21B, a medium one (0.16mm, 0.006″) from 21B to 17A, and a big one (0.31mm, 0.012″) from 17A to 14B. The job was finished with some red solder mask. I will have the video up shortly!

Learn to solder

Posted on 2023-08-23 [Wednesday] by Jay Jay

Gonna work through this playlist today: Learn to solder by Branchus Creations.

Soldering iron temperature

Posted on 2023-08-03 [Thursday] by Jay Jay

I have the info below taped to the front of my bench drawer, but I thought I would put it out there in text format for anyone who it might be useful to, so I made some notes over here: soldering temperature.

In The Lab With Jay Jay – August 3, 2023 – Sorting Soldering Iron Tips

Posted on 2023-08-03 [Thursday] by Jay Jay

This post is part of my video blog: In The Lab With Jay Jay.

I was watching EEVblog #168 – How To Set Up An Electronics Lab and Dave suggested using chisel tips instead of conical tips, which inspired me to check what I was using and also to sort the tips I presently own into three categories: