How do you link "perf holes" on perfboard?

[WoundUp]

I'm trying to solder up a Klone Buffer and can't figure out how to link all of the "perf holes" like it shows on the layout below. How do you do it? I've tried everything I can think of except laying a piece of stripped wire across the lugs and dot them with solder to hold the wire in place.

Any help? I've dang near burnt the perf board trying to link them lol. Thanks!

[WoundUp]

Forgot to add the pic. Not that it matters but I'm doing the top layout with a TL072CP

[marcelomd]

I do it like you said. A piece of solid wire. No need to flood with solder like some pictures out there.

I use solid core wire from ethernet cables.

You can use pieces of component legs too.

[davent]

Often times you can bend a component lead into contact with a number of other component leads it needs to contact and then add a small amount of solder at the points of contact and the pad where they meet. No need for gobs of solder everywhere.

[antonis]

Often times you can bend a component lead into contact with a number of other component leads it needs to contact and then add a small amount of solder at the points of contact and the pad where they meet.

Very practicall for neighbour joints but a pain in the @ss for troubleshooting..

[GibsonGM]

I like to use component leads, but only the major ones...I use them as a buss!  So I'd bend over transistor legs, and attach all the R's and C's to that - if you need to remove a part, it's easy to heat it up and lightly pull it out from the other side.  And the length of this 'buss' helps prevent overheating the transistor etc.

I pick a 'major component' to do this with in each area of the board.  If nothing makes sense, I go to the piece of wire idea...I bend a small "L" in one end to hold it w/small pliers when soldering one end so it doesn't take off on me, then I cut the "L" off       You get used to it - I've never made a real PCB, I only do perf.

[Mark Hammer]

I use component leads.  I try to use the leads from the more expensive components to join  the cheaper ones.  So, if I'm going to link a box-type cap and a resistor, I'll run the cap lead to the resistor, to wrap around it, and clip the excess resistor lead off.  Caps cost more than resistors, and I rarely buy caps in the same quantity I buy resistors, so being able to cannibalize a cap from a perfed circuit I've lost interest in is helpful and cost-effective.

Of course, you'll want to have plenty of desolder braid handy for any removal of parts.  Wiping a little bit of liquid flux on the braid with a Q-tip helps to "supercharge" it and get more solder off with less effort.

[aron]

Yep. Component leads.... Easy!

[Mark Hammer]

Just make sure you have nice pointy needle-nose pliers for twisting leads.

[Jdansti]

As others have said, component leads. I use the leads of components on the board and I keep a small stash of cut leads for use as well.

[strungout]

One thing I do, beside using component leads, is use #24 solid wire to make a jumper... with LONG legs to reach distant connections (ie, ground or power connection that run along the edges of the board). Kind of like a double sided pcb. Or weaving. I add jumpers like those whenever I'm missing lengths to connect components.