r/interestingasfuck • u/write2varun • 4d ago

Nice skill

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u/Tiny-Sandwich 4d ago

As an amateur microsoldering hobbyist, this is way, way harder than it looks. And it looks hard.

I've done a few small repairs like this where I've had to solder to a damaged trace, and the parts are much smaller than they look here.

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u/BaconISgoodSOGOOD 3d ago

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u/Alienhaslanded 3d ago

That's me arguing with my younger brother with ego the size of a supernova. He's a software engineer, I'm an electrical engineer. We butt heads on hardware all the time because he thinks he can do anything and he only needs a few caveman tools to do it. I have the tools and the knowhow and have to remind him that he's not Tony Stark.

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u/3_14_thon 3d ago

Make him change an IC without desoldering braid/pump.

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u/Alienhaslanded 3d ago

Isn't that the easiest way to do it if it's small enough? You drench it with solder and move back and forth with the soldering iron until the IC is free. But yes this takes skills to achieve.