The art of soldering

[zakelwe]

How come this is not a sticky ? Or are we all pretty good at it ?

Regards

Andy

[Fr3ak]

I was expecting a kind of tutorial about soldering when rading the thread title, so what exactly are you talking about zakelwe? :)

[m0da]

I was expecting a kind of tutorial about soldering when rading the thread title, so what exactly are you talking about zakelwe? :)

ditto

i think he means that there should be a sticky on soldering.
i'd sure vote for one of those :)

[jakedeez]

How come this is not a sticky ? Or are we all pretty good at it ?

Regards

Andy


I can assure you, we are not all pretty good at it... lol... i know that for a fact...

[InSanCen]

Small tip for all of you out there who have Shaky Soldering hands... (Yup, me!)

give your hands a damn good Clap (once will do it, but with some force), just before you solder...

Hey Presto.. much less shaky hands!
Why/How it works, I have no Idea, but the electronics teacher in school taught me one useful thing... that was it.

[Thrilla]

The light bulb just came on :P time to write a guide XD
It's been a while since I wrote a good guide lol

[Thrilla]

Alright here's the semi-ghetto forum version, when I come back tonight I'll make a better HTML one with flash animation support.

EDIT: ghetto forum version removed, HTML+Flash version is done :D
The art of soldering (http://www.theubercomputers.com/articles/guide_solder/page1.html)

Content quick-direct
http://www.theubercomputers.com/images/articles/guide_solder/k2.jpg (http://www.theubercomputers.com/articles/guide_solder/equipment.html)http://www.theubercomputers.com/images/articles/guide_solder/k1.jpg (http://www.theubercomputers.com/articles/guide_solder/flux.html)http://www.theubercomputers.com/images/articles/guide_solder/l1.jpg (http://www.theubercomputers.com/articles/guide_solder/hole.html)

http://www.theubercomputers.com/images/articles/guide_solder/l2.jpg (http://www.theubercomputers.com/articles/guide_solder/bad.html)http://www.theubercomputers.com/images/articles/guide_solder/l3.jpg (http://www.theubercomputers.com/articles/guide_solder/surface.html)http://www.theubercomputers.com/images/articles/guide_solder/l4.jpg (http://www.theubercomputers.com/articles/guide_solder/wire.html)

http://www.theubercomputers.com/images/articles/guide_solder/l5.jpg (http://www.theubercomputers.com/articles/guide_solder/inline.html)http://www.theubercomputers.com/images/articles/guide_solder/l6.jpg (http://www.theubercomputers.com/articles/guide_solder/tran.html)

2 more to be finished tomorrow, and 2 more is in the planning stage ;) lol this is the biggest guide I've ever wrote, 50+ individually hand edited pics, over 6 hours of work from soldering to html coding, etc :D

[Nanometer]

Not bad! Nice work here, It would be great if you made a new thread and made this the first post. This is a great guide for beginners and people looking for some pointers.

[Thrilla]

I'll refine it a bit tonight and put up a new thread.

[lawrywild]

Very nice

btw it's best not to use IDE cables, it's best to use Floppy cables since they use a single strand of copper wire ;)

[Thrilla]

lol I don't have floppy cables, wait, what is a floppy drive?? ;)
Yep copper is better when it comes to soldering with computer parts since they have so little resistance, and one can probably pick up a bunch at an used comp store for cheap too.

Making flash sure is fun lol...

[Weedsqueezer]

Wow Great tips! i like the blob on the end of the wire one, I mean personally i just sprout another limb when soldering! LOL great work thrilla

[Nanometer]

Floppy cables or the IDE 40 pins are what I use.

[Thrilla]

The HTML+Flash guide is up :D (well most of it, 2 more to do tomorrow and a few more flash clips to add)
The art of soldering (http://www.theubercomputers.com/articles/guide_solder/page1.html)

When I finish the 2 sections and 2 other sections in planning, I'll start a thread and maybe get it stickied? :D

[Moonman]

Thank you for this.
Interactive TY :) (http://www.yonkis.com/mediaflash/unmillon.htm)

[Thrilla]

:rofl: rofl that thank you thank you thank you thank you turns into some funny accent :clap: :D

[m0da]

tytytytytytyttytyty thrilla!

time for me to learn how to solder ;)

[ewsforos]

Awesome HOW-TO. Well done! Will help lots of people ;)

[osiris999]

thanks

[Jeff]

Wow, great work Thrilla. :toast:

[kiwi]

Very nice indeed :toast:

There was a guide posted by Shamino as well but it doesn't have pics now, there were some problems with servers or something like that

[nn_step]

just a link
http://www.mediacollege.com/misc/solder/index.html

[SMa]

This is exactly what I needed!
Thank you Thrilla! :toast: