Arlet wrote:
Crank the iron up full whack, run it along one side of the pins, and run the solder wire on the other side. With a bit of practice it's possible to do a couple of pins/second.
Yep. Temperature-controlled ones often can't do it. It was a surprise to our production people when I showed that soldering a plastic switch years ago resulted in
less melting and damage if they would use a
hotter soldering iron so as to be able to complete the job so quickly there wasn't time for the heat to reach the plastic before everything was cooling again.
Understanding thermodynamics helps. It's the same principle that allows someone to walk on red hot coals and not get burned.
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