My first attempt at soldering! I started at the bottom of the PCB and worked my way up (hopefully each row looks progressively better). My biggest issue was getting the heat transfer from the iron to the pin and pad consistently. I think I need to add solder to the tip of the iron more often. If you have any soldering tips please feel free to share!

Overall, I’d call the first attempt a success. I’ve already got my next solder project lined up 🙂

Build is a Mode SixtyFive (2024). I wanted to find a combination that worked well with a CF plate for this and tested with a hotswap PCB first.

Some takeaways - CF didn’t consistently raise the pitch of a switch the way I thought it would. It did make things sound thinner.…