Do you tin eyelets?

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    Nolatone Ampworks

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    Those of you who have built amps based on eyelet boards, just curious, do you guys tin the eyelets before installing the components?
     
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    Steve Dallas

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    The ones I buy are already tinned.
     
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    I bought a bunch from mojo that aren't tinned,so I tin them after installing them.It's better to get the tinned ones from mouser.
     
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    donnyjaguar

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    I usually wire brush dremel the un-tinned ones first to get any oxide off. Then when you solder it'll take the solder anyway.
     
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    Nolatone Ampworks

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    That's a swell idea. I'll have to pull my dremel down to the bench :)
     
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    +1000000 Same here.

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