Diy box mod
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Looks good to me as long as you get some flux and some solder at your local hardware store and clean and tin your soldering iron
and end of your wires. Epoxy glue especially the grey 6 minute setting kind will dry and give you a solid connection.
A little practicing soldering on tiny small parts is recommended.......As tiny conections with solder can be a little bit tricky sometimes.
and end of your wires. Epoxy glue especially the grey 6 minute setting kind will dry and give you a solid connection.
A little practicing soldering on tiny small parts is recommended.......As tiny conections with solder can be a little bit tricky sometimes.
Sorry I'm new to this what do you mean by clean and tin the soldering iron and will the epoxy resin inclued in the kit be suitable for making a solid connection
You don't glue wires into place. If you don't know how to solder wires (which can get complicated in tiny spaces) you're going to have a real rough time putting together a box mod.
When you are ready to solder, plug in your iron and allow the tip to heat up. Periodically take some solder (from your spool) and melt it onto the tip. Leave the solder on the tip until you are ready to solder your connections. When ready, ideally, you should wipe the hot soldering iron tip on a damp sponge to clean it then "tin" the tip by adding a small coating of fresh solder to the tip.
When your soldering iron is sitting idle (hot) you want to add some solder to the tip to always keep it covered. This will preserve the tip and keep it tinned for best heat conductivity when you are soldering. Just make sure to clean the tip of the old solder by wiping on a damp sponge (the tip will be hot and the sponge will hiss, but the old molten solder will come off and collect on the sponge) right before you use the iron to make your solder connections.
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Okay thank you I think I understand it all now when the parts arrive if I have any problems I will update my post but other than that I think I'm ready to start my first mod
If you haven't done a lot of soldering, you may want to watch some youtube videos to understand the technique, and maybe practice a bit. It's not hard, but i can't imagine soldering a DIY box mod without ever having soldered. I am fortunate that early in my career I worked as an assembler of M1 Abrams tank parts and soldered a LOT of connections over a few years. Having soldered under fairly rigid military spec standards taught me all of the correct techniques.
Thank you I have soldered before as my itaste mvp 2 broke and I had to solder the wires back to the 510 connection but have never attempted anything as complicated as this sounds like you've had the right experience! I'll watch some videos so I don't make any mistakes
This is exactly what you should do the above words are the GOSPEL---read carefully and watch youtube videos on soldering
Like gpjoe said above soldering can get tricky in small spaces and you can hold the iron there too long and melt small parts.......
Yes if there is glue included in the kit then it is probably satisfactory for what ever purpose it has in the mod.
Practice, and then practice more. Go to an electronics store and buy a PCB and some small components, or buy a few small electronic kits and practice some more..
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