So I am working on a Tron hacked joystick. Sometime in the Life of this Tron Control panel, some one decided to replace parts of this with a threaded rod. After drilling a few nuts to created spacers, The joystick now works and functions better. I told the owner that It was just a temporary fix until another Tron joystick can be found to replace it.
The bottom of the joystick uses leaf switches. A few things about soldering to leaf switches. Because of their construction, The leaf spring switch act like a heat sink. It will suck the heat out of a small tip soldering iron thus making a poor soldering joint. I found two wires that broke loose because of a cold solder joint.
So after sanding the ends of the leaf spring switch, I took a some flux and putting on the end and used a nice big soldering iron. Everything flowed as it should and a proper connection has been made.
While your typical small soldering iron works great on 95% on most electronic parts. Soldering to larger metal items some time needs a bigger soldering iron and extra flux.
The bottom of the joystick uses leaf switches. A few things about soldering to leaf switches. Because of their construction, The leaf spring switch act like a heat sink. It will suck the heat out of a small tip soldering iron thus making a poor soldering joint. I found two wires that broke loose because of a cold solder joint.
So after sanding the ends of the leaf spring switch, I took a some flux and putting on the end and used a nice big soldering iron. Everything flowed as it should and a proper connection has been made.
While your typical small soldering iron works great on 95% on most electronic parts. Soldering to larger metal items some time needs a bigger soldering iron and extra flux.
