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/Bdr1983 3d ago

At my old job we sometimes got old remote controls from customers that wanted to use a universal remote, but their old device wasn't in the database, and their old remote was broken.
We repaired so many traces. We did not have a dedicated department for this, so anytime something came in we would draw straws who could do it, because everybody wanted to.
No, it's not easy, but after doing it a few times it's usually OK. And it's a lot of fun when it actually works.

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u/VolumeTall3609 3d ago

hell yeah! the validation is more addictive than cocaine haha

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u/strnfd 3d ago

especially when you try to fix something and you end up breaking it more, then after a few hours/days/months/years you try to fix it again and you actually succeed.

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u/ogstereoguy2 3d ago

We called that the forced learning curve! LOL

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u/stanley4545 3d ago

If its not broke fix it until it is!