Zach's Projects - My first soldering project

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Today I built a bike light out of a prototype board, a 9V battery connector, a resistor, and an LED. It won't win any beauty contests, but it works. I have new respect for the people around here would build there own hardware, because I've now I've dealt with wires slipping out of holes heat them, getting plastic insulation too close to the iron, cutting a wire too short, etc.

 

One problem I had was that the holes in the prototype board were too small to insert two wires that I wanted to connect. I thought I could put them in adjacent holes, but getting a piece of molten solder in between was pretty tough, since there was nothing in between to heat. Any suggestions?

 

Why should you care that I made a bike light? Simple: I am building experience so I can make a cart dumper that can be used for the Charlie Brown prototype that resides here in Northern California.

 

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