PART 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYz5nIHH0iY PART 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9FC9fAlfQE Dave takes you through everything you need to know to d…
This is an overview and general understanding of soldering irons and tools used with them. There are many soldering Irons and tools out there, this video goe…
This is a great guide for jobs where you know you are going to sit down and
solder a ton of components in one sitting. I think it is also relevant to
mention that electronic soldering irons take some time to heat up and the
cord restricts where you can work, so if you have any kind of “quick fix”
soldering that needs to be done on a board that is already installed in
other hardware, it is *very* useful to have a small butane soldering iron.
These are very small, portable, and there are no cords to get in the way,
plus they heat up extremely quickly, within about 5-10 seconds. They also
have a second attachment to be used as a very tiny butane blowtorch as
well, which comes in handy all the time and works much better than butane
lighters for when you need to burn a bowl during a long stint of exhausting
solder work.
Wow really thanks a lot mate. I do phone repair and been wanting to learn
how to solider. I always thought it was so hard now it looks easy after
your video.
Thanks for the long video that explains every little detail for people who
don’t know anything.
one good to avoid lead poisoning is: TO DON’T USE LEAD SOLDER.
BIGGEST TRAP FOR NEW PLAYERS.. a hot bare iron tip will oxidize and you’ll
lose thermal conductivity and ruin the tip! A new solder iron tip should be
tinned immediately (as soon as the solder will melt onto it). From there on
out the tip should never be without some solder tinned on it, you’ll need
to wipe and retin every so often while working (some do it between every
joint)
Great vid, but where can you get a Hakko for $80? The cheapest I’ve seen is
$199 (au.element14). .. or are you referring to the Chinese fakes?
What is flux?
Thank you so much for creating this tutorial. I have always been deeply
interested in soldering and now I know so much more about it.
Me gustan sus videos, felicitaciones.
Saludos desde Colombia.
Found this very useful to step up the soldering game suitable for soldering
on the Raspberry Pi.
I want to buy a nice soldering station, What is the difference of buying a
Hakko fx888D vs a whole station like the aoyue or xtronic? I do however
like the built in smoke absorber of the aoyue
Hi Dave,
The FX888 is discontinued. Have you tried the successor: FX 888D ?
How does it compare to the older one ? Would it still a good purchase ?
Many thanks for your input.
Seeing this vid I realize that it’s a small miracle my PlayStation2 is
still working at all (I built in a modchip myself).
* wrong kind of soldering iron (plugged directly into the wall socket)
* wrong kind of soldering tip (pointed)
* wrong kind of solder (1mm thick or perhaps even worse)
* wrong technique (put solder to iron, then try to solder a wire to an IC)
* no goggles, no gloves, no fan
I did use a microscope, but that forced me to put my face right above the
project, and since the whole process took so long (see the above list for
the reasons why) I must have inhaled half a reel of solder…
I’m new to electronic soldering and all of your info is top drawer=)
http://youtu.be/RsNFHFXN5yQ
How are the toolcraft soldering stations of Conrad?
You are great! :D
Thank you for supporting us Americans and our products! It makes me happy
to see someone actually support us!
Where does one find Hakko’s in Australia? Altronics and Jaycar don’t seem
to stock them?
The difference between 60/40 and 63/37 is in their plastic stage. The later
solidifies almost immediately with very brief plastic phase. 63/37 is used
for more heat sensitive works.
decaf………………………………………
20:10 whats the real name for a tip like this?
Another niggly point: Some of the cheap solder suckers can generate ~4kV
static spikes (maybe more) … which can be deadly to CMOS input pins
etc… So you need to be pretty selective. If you think about it, they’re
constructed like a linear Van der Graaf generator – piston at high speed,
rubbing over the metal case. Oweee!!!
I want you shirt sir!
You are the Bob Ross of soldering
Thank you, so much! It’s so hard for a noob to get good, detailed
information.
Hello and thank you for the informative video..
Great information, you got 1 sub from me!!!
Thanks, very good