Advice for Soldering Turrets
Posted: Thu 12/03/20 9:58 am
Hello all,
I've begun working on my turret board and first wrapped buss wire around the turrets and soldered which was slick. I chose to put components in the top of the turrets for convenient tweaking, but I am having more trouble than I expected. I watched the videos in the sticky links, but they didn't cover this method, and I understand that it is not preferred. I do however see examples of it a lot in images when I searched for turret board amps. So anyway, the solder wants to either fill the hole or wet the outside of the turret before it will form a meniscus across the component lead and top of the turret. Any tips for this method? I am contemplating finishing the board by wrapping the component leads instead.
I've begun working on my turret board and first wrapped buss wire around the turrets and soldered which was slick. I chose to put components in the top of the turrets for convenient tweaking, but I am having more trouble than I expected. I watched the videos in the sticky links, but they didn't cover this method, and I understand that it is not preferred. I do however see examples of it a lot in images when I searched for turret board amps. So anyway, the solder wants to either fill the hole or wet the outside of the turret before it will form a meniscus across the component lead and top of the turret. Any tips for this method? I am contemplating finishing the board by wrapping the component leads instead.