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Soldering 102: Soldering a jumper

Step 4Clip the Excess

Clip the Excess

Set your cutters very close the base of the wire.

Flip the board over and cup your hand underneath. This keeps you from getting large eye-surgery bills.

Cut the excess wire off.

You're done soldering!

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Sep 26, 2009. 7:53 AMBFeely says:

Clipping the wire after soldering can cause the solder to crack or have internal stresses, which could weaken the solder joint.

Dec 3, 2009. 5:12 PMColonel88 says:

Yeah, that's why when I solder, I don't cut it too much to the point.

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