Hi Dan
That is what I am getting at. The fine point is good for a very small job but you would need to use smaller diameter solder wire as well. These pads and component leads are not what you would class as “fine” these days.
This board (in the video) also has no tracks for added heat sinking. I think my comments on the MakerVerse proto boards regarding the extra heat sinking due to the plated through holes and double sided tracks in the other thread still stand. If Pix used this method just using the point of the iron tip it would be very difficult to make a good joint. In my sample in that thread I did use a conical tip although not quite as pointed but I laid the tip flat on the pad to get decent heat transfer.
I think the point I am trying to stress here is USE THE TOOL FOR THE JOB. “Making do” or improvising is sometimes necessary but to be successful takes experience which Pix just does not have.
I should have changed to a small chisel tip to make the job easier but the iron was hot and I did not bother to change it. So I improvised.
Cheers Bob
Add on;
That thread was this post at the end
JK flip flop Q and Q0 not behaving
below
You might also like to have a read of the link in this post
An Overview of soldering stations
Particularly the section on soldering iron tips
