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Old 02-15-2011, 09:51 PM
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Originally Posted by mk2mike
When I did mine on my RR I used a good tip. Use a little piece of clay to hold the LED in place during soldering...
I just put a bit of solder on the LED before I put it to the board then held it with tweezers and heated it up and it made the connection, then did the other side and came back and made my final solder on the first joint.
Tons of ways to do it, just gotta find the way you feel comfortable
 
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Old 02-15-2011, 10:01 PM
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That's my next mod for sure, I guess that holding the LEDs in the right place would be a pain in the a$$...
 
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Old 02-15-2011, 11:18 PM
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Originally Posted by mk2mike
When I did mine on my RR I used a good tip. Use a little piece of clay to hold the LED in place during soldering...
Originally Posted by jeffjones
I just put a bit of solder on the LED before I put it to the board then held it with tweezers and heated it up and it made the connection, then did the other side and came back and made my final solder on the first joint.
Tons of ways to do it, just gotta find the way you feel comfortable
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That's my next mod for sure, I guess that holding the LEDs in the right place would be a pain in the a$$...

I used the tweezers in one hand, soldering pencil in the other, and a 7 inch piece of solder between my teeth

It only causes cancer is you're in california
 
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Old 02-25-2011, 11:37 PM
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this is how it turned out. thanks everyone for the help
 
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