Originally Posted by Fitz
TzeYang, I'm still amazed by how cleanly you can bridge that many pads. I played around with it a bit when I was reworking one part of my amp, and I think I'm starting to get a feel for doing it without wire jumpers to support the bridging. Do you do each pad one at a time, letting the solder cool for a moment before moving to the next one? I was able to get results closer to yours doing it that way, as opposed to trying to do several at once while the solder was still melted.
Pretty much depending on the mood or the tools I'm using. If i'm using my old Hakko Red 20Watt, yes i wait until the joints cool down a bit, but not too cold otherwise i'd have to reheat the joint again. Now however, since i've gotten the Hakko 936 i've been pretty lazy due to it's temperature control convenience. I just set it to 300 Celcius (the optimum temperature IMO for the solder wire i'm using) and bridging the joints have never been faster!
Oh and definitely do it one by one. (regardless of which tool you're using) If you try to bridge more than 2 joints at once, trust me, the bridges will look ugly.