WP34s Birthday Gift @ ISU

[MarkHaysHarris777]

Greetings, both my college kids were home for spring break this past week; great time! So, I finally got the crystal and caps installed on my son's 34s (he's been limping along since I didn't have the crystal yet at his birthday party in January).

Both of these kids received a gift of Walter's book to carry back with them; that will answer some questions, for sure!

I learned a new trick for soldering the (tiny) surface mounted caps into place. I still used flux on the surfaces but DID NOT tin the board. I used a 'third hand' (clip on a stand) holding a toothpick down against the cap to hold it in place (on a smooth surface). This works 'way' better. That leaves both hands free to manipulate thin solder and iron. His looked the best of any I have done so far; its definitely one of those things that by the time you know what you're doing, you don't need to do it any longer!

Cheers,
marcus