Howdy guys,
greetings from Italy.
I'm building my frist VP28 but I encountered a tremendous issue... I really don't know how it happened but the polarity toneluck switch got split in two and then started the nightmare...
I tried to remove the switch but it wasn't a quite journey, at all.
At the moment I was able to clean only 9 pads of 12, two are still stuck with a little solder and what remains of the pin, one seems to be only solder but doesn't want to clean up. Desoldering braid didn't help, just scratched the surface (for sure my fault).
I'm waiting for a hotair gun and I hope with it to complete the cleaning but I really fear to have screwed up the main pcb.
A little pad remained stuck to the pin of the switch on the upper side of the pcb, I was able to recover it but I don't know if it's still usefull (it's the third from right in the upper row in the pic).
I was wondering, do all the pins work or some of them are just there for "stability"?
May this pcb be still of use? After clean up I'll test the single connections but I fear for internal layers and so.
@jsteiger would it be possibile to order some spare parts (main pcb and the various elements I wouldn't be able to recover from the older one)?
I've attached some pics, there's a little dirt caused by the solder pump , all the joints were solid and shiny.
Thank you very much guys!
I was proceding quite smoothly and this problem really stuck me, I hate desoldering things! eheh
P.s. How much is important to completely flow with solder on the upper side of the pcb? I mean, except of the pads that shows clear path of connections. I had to rework some of the joints from above but I was wondering if it's worth it.