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Good soldering tutorial.
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<blockquote data-quote="tundra06" data-source="post: 8221534" data-attributes="member: 659398"><p>Good soldering skills, and a good soldering iron, are worth untold amounts of money (and joy)!!!</p><p></p><p>I picked up a Weller WESD51 soldering station (with digital temperature read out) on sale a few years ago. Best $130 I ever spent. It's good not only for car audio (as I learned last week) but also for repairing anything with wires.</p><p></p><p>Coincidentally, the WESD51 is on sale again on Amazon right now:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Weller-WESD51-Digital-Soldering-Station/dp/B000ARU9PO" target="_blank">Weller WESD51 Digital Soldering Station - Amazon.com</a></p><p></p><p>(regular price $200, on for $131 now)</p><p></p><p>The Weller iron is a high quality unit, the tip is sharp and gets hot quickly. More than worth the money. The crappy $25 soldering irons are so frustrating and unpleasant to use, and make your work look like crap (speaking from experience!). Generally if someone says soldering <span style="color: black">s</span>ucks, it is because they tried a bad soldering iron that was hard to use and they did an ugly job.</p><p></p><p>Last week I fixed a couple of car starter remotes for my neighbour. The part the holds the coin batteries had worked loose, and a bit of solder made them work like new. Two years ago I rewired my truck and trailer with new connectors, and soldered joints ensured the repair will last for a long time. Last summer I did a lot of wiring work on my motorcycle (1986 Honda Shadow 750cc) and soldered and heat-shrinked all the joints.</p><p></p><p>Don't forget to get some good heat-shrink to cover all your solder joints! Transparent heat shrink is the best because it lets you visually inspect the connections. Using electrical tape is such a waste of time and risks breaking the joints from repeated flexing as you warp the tape on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tundra06, post: 8221534, member: 659398"] Good soldering skills, and a good soldering iron, are worth untold amounts of money (and joy)!!! I picked up a Weller WESD51 soldering station (with digital temperature read out) on sale a few years ago. Best $130 I ever spent. It's good not only for car audio (as I learned last week) but also for repairing anything with wires. Coincidentally, the WESD51 is on sale again on Amazon right now: [URL="http://www.amazon.com/Weller-WESD51-Digital-Soldering-Station/dp/B000ARU9PO"]Weller WESD51 Digital Soldering Station - Amazon.com[/URL] (regular price $200, on for $131 now) The Weller iron is a high quality unit, the tip is sharp and gets hot quickly. More than worth the money. The crappy $25 soldering irons are so frustrating and unpleasant to use, and make your work look like crap (speaking from experience!). Generally if someone says soldering [COLOR=black]s[/COLOR]ucks, it is because they tried a bad soldering iron that was hard to use and they did an ugly job. Last week I fixed a couple of car starter remotes for my neighbour. The part the holds the coin batteries had worked loose, and a bit of solder made them work like new. Two years ago I rewired my truck and trailer with new connectors, and soldered joints ensured the repair will last for a long time. Last summer I did a lot of wiring work on my motorcycle (1986 Honda Shadow 750cc) and soldered and heat-shrinked all the joints. Don't forget to get some good heat-shrink to cover all your solder joints! Transparent heat shrink is the best because it lets you visually inspect the connections. Using electrical tape is such a waste of time and risks breaking the joints from repeated flexing as you warp the tape on. [/QUOTE]
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