Have lost some money hoping the people in my town would teach me electronics, especially to get on soldering. But no one did. Should I dare? To explore and try soldering on my own...

 

There's plenty of material out there to help you learn proper soldering techniques ... start by making a search in YouTube, I guarantee you'll find something worth your while

 

There's plenty of material out there to help you learn proper soldering techniques ... start by making a search in YouTube, I guarantee you'll find something worth your while

Wow. That's so positive! Let's gather other members stand on this. Thanks Martinez.

 

Hello,

Eevblog has some videos on soldering:
https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2862BF3631A5C1AA

Bertus

 

On this site alone there is a ton of things on soldering everything from tip selection to soldering techniques to SMD soldering and you could also get on the cheap soldering practice boards. so yes go ahead and take a shot and watch some videos especially the ones that talk about tip care so the soldering tips last a long time.

 

Hello,

Eevblog has some videos on soldering:
https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2862BF3631A5C1AA

Bertus

The very best of reference I need the most. Thanks bertus.

 

On this site alone there is a ton of things on soldering everything from tit selection to soldering techniques to SMD soldering and you could also get on the cheap soldering practice boards. so yes go ahead and take a shot and watch some videos especially the ones that talk about tip care so the soldering tips last a long time.

I think I have come to the right place. Thanks Rob.

 

from tit selection

TIP selection.

Soldering is easy when you have the mind for it. I tried to teach a woman to solder and she couldn't solder to save the earth from extinction. some people just can't get the knack of it. But I agree, YouTube is a good starting place. Just be sure to review several videos. I've seen some where people don't know what they're talking about.

Find one you think is a good video and post it. We'll review and critique it for you.

 

TIP selection.

Soldering is easy when you have the mind for it. I tried to teach a woman to solder and she couldn't solder to save the earth from extinction. some people just can't get the knack of it. But I agree, YouTube is a good starting place. Just be sure to review several videos. I've seen some where people don't know what they're talking about.

Find one you think is a good video and post it. We'll review and critique it for you.

That's so great of you. Thanks.

 

just do it... everything takes practice and soldering is not something i would consider hard skill to acquire to a usable level. and with little bit more of effort it can be mastered.

 

https://www.youtube.com/embed/D5IvlJVqa7M

 

Go to youtube, type in "how to solder" and you'll find what you need.

 

How things have changed. I just picked up a soldering iron at 7 years old and started soldering. There was no YouTube, just YouDo.

 

How things have changed. I just picked up a soldering iron at 7 years old and started soldering. There was no YouTube, just YouDo.

Wow

 

How things have changed. I just picked up a soldering iron at 7 years old and started soldering. There was no YouTube, just YouDo.

Same here (I was in my early teens, I think). A bit of trial and error and I was making decent solder joints within ten or fifteen minutes, which is not to say that it didn't take a bit more practice before I could consistently make very good joints. And that was before I understood about the value of cleaning the tip or the existence of external fluxes or even the value of cleaning the oxide off the parts to be soldered. Some of those I picked up by trial and error as I encountered problems, others were pointed out to me at some point by someone else. I learned about external fluxes when I saw a small can of flux at Radio Shack when I was perusing the shelves and read the directions. What an epiphany!

 

Some of those I picked up by trial and error....

Like, perhaps acid core solder is not all that ideal for an AM transistor radio!

 

Like, perhaps acid core solder is not all that ideal for an AM transistor radio!

I don't think that I ever made that mistake, but it wasn't because I would have known better. Sometimes we just get lucky and the opportunity doesn't come along before the knowledge necessary to pass it by.

 

I learned to solder at age 10 without any instructions and only got better by doing it...