I suck at soldering!

S Houghtelin

Soldering is like art, either you can do it, or you can't. Most folks can be trained to draw what they wish to represent, most of us never get beyond drawing stick people. I used to train people on the assembly line to solder. I could tell within 15 minutes if they were able to solder or not. (I spent six years in a PCB manufacturing plant) Yeah, watching someone who knows what they are doing, does make it look easy. Those people drive me mad. The upshot is that about roughly 80% of those who try can do it. Good luck with your soldering adventure! :)

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Simon_Whale

Oi leave the whales out of it! :laugh:

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Stephen Wiria

I hope so. Tomorrow I'm going to buy this[^], and hope the result will be better

Mario Luis

I feel your pain. All my efforts at soldering would leave me with burnt fingers and himalayas on the pcb I was trying to solder a component to.

Lost User

What's so hard about it? Apply the heat only briefly, just enough to melt away a little of the solder, pull away the solder, let it spread on the pad and withdraw the soldering iron. It's all over in less than a second and then you go on to the next contact. Just don't keep frying the board eternally and keep adding solder, nothing really to it.

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RedDk

Shouldn't feel bad at all. Especially considering the task ... 15 pin d-sub connector. I've attempted that and failed. And I'm good at component and trace board. Best bet is to get as far down the cord on either side of the connector heads as possible (middle) cut the cord there and then spice another equally long piece of "good end" to the half you've got no problems with. Believe me! Reasons y-fail -> all that new stuff you're soldering won't fit in the new shell and more over, all those wires are sheilded and that protection from static can't be duplicated soldering by hand then attempting to refoil, no matter what your skill level.

Mustafa Ismail Mustafa

I can assure you, I'm probably worse than you are at surface mounting. I have sausages for fingers.

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Mario Luis

Unfortunately, I'm just not "handy" which is funny as my old man was a brick layer and as handy as they come but I seem to have missed that part of the gene pool.

Ger Hayden

Try this book. As DD said, its down to the correct iron, but in additon good heat, and for electical work a specialized flux cored solder - regular flux will corode your joints and cause them to come apart. Keep all surfaces including the iron tip clean.

Ger

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