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Step 2Solder it!
Once you have your design bent in your wire, strip the ends and place them through the holes of the proto-board. Bend the leads out a little bit so the wire won't fall out when you turn the board over to solder it.
Make sure that you have the ornament oriented so the wire design is on the side without copper pads, and the side you will solder has the copper pads.
Once you have your design set, flip the board over and begin to solder the leads down. When I learned to solder, my teacher said that good solder joints looked like volcanoes, okay joints look like Hershey Kisses, and bad joints look like balls. Try to make sure all of your joints look like volcanoes. Once all of your soldering is complete, snip the excess amount of the lead that's unsoldered, off.
Make sure that you have the ornament oriented so the wire design is on the side without copper pads, and the side you will solder has the copper pads.
Once you have your design set, flip the board over and begin to solder the leads down. When I learned to solder, my teacher said that good solder joints looked like volcanoes, okay joints look like Hershey Kisses, and bad joints look like balls. Try to make sure all of your joints look like volcanoes. Once all of your soldering is complete, snip the excess amount of the lead that's unsoldered, off.
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