Drag Soldering a 0.5 mm Pitch SMD Connector

Wanting to use flat flex cables, I need to solder the fine pitch connectors to the break out boards so I can use them in prototyping.

Drag soldering with lots of flux allows the 0.5mm pitch headers to get soldered easily.

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ANENG AN8008 True RMS Multimeter https://www.banggood.com/custlink/KKD...
Minleaf NPS3010W Power Supply https://www.banggood.com/custlink/KKK...
FY6900 Dual Channel 60MHZ Signal Generator https://www.banggood.com/custlink/vGK...
Siglent SDS1104X-E 100Mhz Digital Oscilloscope 4 Channels Standard decoder
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