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He actually mentions that solder is not a good mechanical connection and said he used solderwick to reinforce the patch joints.


The braid is laid flat across the join and then soldered to both boards. The soldering braid is only fixed using solder. That's not mechanically strong. There's no way to wrap the braid around anything.


In my experience the solder-copper bond is stronger than the copper-substrate bond. I'd expect that to fail first. It's a very cool little project nonetheless.




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