published: September 21, 2016 — last modified: October 23, 2025
If you already saw the soldering video, here two photos of the result.
To get this result, I was inspired by the way Saar from Boldport was soldering his own projects, I adapted his technique.
For this photos I use solder with lead – this is a huge exception. It is the only way to get this shiny domes. Normally I work with lead free components and solder according to ROHS.
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