1 Basic Soldering Lesson 1 - "Solder & Flux"
The opening lesson of the vintage PACE soldering course, regarded as the definitive grounding in flux, wetting and joint quality despite its age.
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The opening lesson of the vintage PACE soldering course, regarded as the definitive grounding in flux, wetting and joint quality despite its age.
A guide to pulling reusable parts from scrap boards and old appliances, with advice on which components are worth the effort of removing.
A demonstration of the correct way to use desoldering braid, often linked to newcomers struggling to remove excess solder.
Shows a desoldering trick using a shaped piece of copper to heat every pin of a chip at once, suggested for removing chips without special tools.
A demonstration of desoldering braid lifting solder from joints, linked whenever beginners ask how to remove components cleanly.
Ben Heck strips unneeded parts off a Raspberry Pi to build a compact camera, cited as the standard example of shrinking a Pi by desoldering.
A desoldering tutorial whose copper wire trick lets a plain iron heat every pin of a small SMD chip at once, with no hot air needed.