Components keep falling off !!

[audioguru]

TAPE is not a recommended item for holding components, especially when heat is close to them. Tape is not designed for hot environments.

I don't use "duck" tape nor "electrical" tape. I use green painter's tape that works fine with my temperature-controlled soldering iron.

 

[checkmate]

I do as others do, which is soldering from the lowest profile upwards. In addition, I find a sponge quite useful in such situations.

 

[Dr.EM]

I actually use ordinary sticky tape, and I cut the leads very short before soldering. I put a lot of parts on at once, but do wires and annoying bits afterwards. Once though, the tape melted in a fine layer onto a XLR plug I was soldering, and that actually stopped it from working until I noticed it and sanded it off :lol: