Ok this is your chance. What did I get wrong and/or leave out?

Remember when you could walk into Radioshack with a list of resistors, transistors and capacitors, and the guy behind the counter would come back with it all in 5 minutes?

This was the most thorough soldering tutorial I've ever seen. I've pointed my daughter to this video (she's majoring in Computer Engineering, so will be living with a soldering iron in her hand from now on). I've ordered a stack of the practice boards for her and I to work on while we fine tune our skills. Take this $10 and buy a coffee or a burger, and rest in the knowledge that you did a great job. Thank you.

I soldered electronics professionally for almost 10 years and this is a fantastic tutorial. A few things I would add: 1. Just like tinning, when you solder the final joint, you want all the metal to get to temp and heat the solder evenly. On small connections it's not a big deal, but on that larger ESC wire/pad this technique becomes more necessary. Always apply the iron to the larger piece of metal. Nothing worse than a cold solder joint. 2. Get yourself a set of "third hands" cheap stands with alligator clips and a magnifying glass. Soldering iron on the bench doesn't work in all cases. 3. Solder sucker. Worth it! 4. Setup, setup, setup for that final joint. Get all the components secure (third hand for wire, rubber vise for board), magnifying glass in place, iron hot, flux on. Then apply heat. Rookie mistakes happen and other components get damaged when a solder joint is rushed or bunged up due to the PCB sliding around the table.

"always keep a clean tip guys!" -Joshua Bardwell. This needs to be a t-shirt!

I have a spool of Kester “44”I purchased back in the 60’s. It’s .015” dia. Very thin and perfect for my type of work. Back then I was building my own Digital Radio Control Systems, from scratch. Here I am 75 and still building models and electronics gear. For what its worth, Joshua is giving you the very best, clear and well proven advice available here on the web.

This tutorial is probably one of the best FPV soldering tutorials I have ever seen.

I'm just getting into FPV and I'm on a mission to learn everything from scratch and build me own quad. You sir are by far the best teacher I've seen for builds and these topics. Thank you so much and keep up the fantastic work Joshua! Cheers brother!

MuteFPV has been consistently creating high quality fpv-related content. He is a great assett to the fpv community!

Who else could watch this for hours Evan though been soldering for 6 years 😂

Learning to solder was my favorite part of getting into FPV. It was VERY empowering, and very satisfying to be able to confidently wire my quad, and make repairs. The Hakko is by far my best investment in this hobby 😎

Joshua has to be one of the most pleasant, calm and easy going fellas Ive seen.

Enjoyed it Josh. You basically re-hashed all those other soldering KZfaqS out there, threw out all the junk ,packaged it in classic JB style so we can understand the brevity of soldering. Love it , keep them coming :)

OK, you asked for it. ;) Flux removes the oxide layer from the metals that you are soldering (like copper oxide), not the solder. Incidentally, if you are soldering to a gold pad, you don't need flux because gold doesn't form an oxide layer, but the copper wire that you would be attaching would still need it. If you tin the wire first, then you can skip the flux when you solder to the gold pad. Solder doesn't oxidize. You would still need flux in space because it is likely that the copper pad was formed in an oxygen atmosphere or was exposed to oxygen at some point before you took it into space. :D Thanks for the video, it's a great tutorial. :) You can sand or file a soldering iron tip. It is just a piece of copper coated with solder. That being said, you need to re-tin the tip after. That just entails making sure you get a well adhered layer of solder over the exposed copper by using flux. I have filed many a soldering iron tip in my life. In fact, if you leave flux on your iron at too high a heat setting, you will eat away the copper and will need to file out the pits and holes or replace the tip.

" F A H R E N H E I T " I love the humor you consistently have in your vids. Makes me come back to watch them more than once. 😂

I've been soldering since I was a kid from watching my dad tinker with electronics. Although I've been getting good results, what you shared here shed light on quite a few things I did NOT know. I definitely 'learned something today!' Thank you.

I haven’t soldered in 15 years but soldering my receiver to my 5” today and came her for the pep talk! Thanks Joshua for all you do for the community! You’ve made this complex hobby so much easier to understand and digest.

I've been doing this for 50+ years and there are plenty of people who are better at this than me. This was an excellent lesson in the art/craft of soldering. Thanks Joshua 👍 PS Don't under tin the wire.

Thank you very much, you taught me how to solder. I haven't learned how to clean tin yet. I will be soldering onto a neatly thin wire. I respect you.

I learned to solder as an Air Force mechanic...and the best I could do was a serviceable joint. The breadth of the instruction we received could be distilled down into, "Make the iron hot, put on some flux, and good luck." Your teaching style, attention to detail, and thoroughness without being burdensome certainly earned a subscriber. I've not purchased any FPV gear yet but will learn all I can from your channel. Thanks for providing such great information and sharing your knowledge!

I was trained by the USAF to work on C5 and C141 Radar and Radio navigation systems. Soldering was a HUGE part of my job. YOU did it right buddy. This was one of the best tutorials I have ever seen. Thank you for your effort I appreciate what you did.

my dude, didatic as always. been doing some solder stuff for some years and NEVER I realizes the solder flows to the hotter place. this explains a lot. thank you for your time. the drone community wouldnt be the same without u

Wow! This is the best solder tutorial I have seen for RC Hobby soldering. I retired from a national laboratory and did an awful lot of soldering and had a lot of training including surface mount PACE certifications. I've seen a lot of solder tutorials and videos but yours is the one I want my young grandson to watch. You just did great! Especially showing examples of common mistakes. Joshua, sir; I SALUTE YOU! THANK YOU!

You crack me up man. So entertaining. I wish I didn’t have to go to work so I could keep watching. “Whatever! I’m not building a spaceship here!”

I'm 15 and just bought the DJI fpv, flew it 3 times and crashed, and had to send it back. So now I'm going to learn how to build my own fpv and this is the best tutorial I've seen so far about soldering. Thank you so much, I can't wait to keep learning from you!

What a coincidence that my new soldering station arrived just today. I didn't solder for more than thirty years. I'm new in RC hobby (again) and I enjoyed your nice speech. Thanks Mr Bardwell

So, I’ve been soldering for decades…and learned some great stuff. THANK YOU!

Great video. I teach one additional thing to ham students. Clean the tip constantly. Tin / clean / tin / solder / repeat. Also, keep the tip tinned between operations and when stored. That helps make the tip last, and makes them become more aware of how much better a cleaned, tinned tip performs compared to sticking a dry iron to something.

I have been soldering for several decades with no problems. My iron is a $15 temperature controlled unit with the temp adjustment wheel taped at 425 C degrees (so it won't move). It always works and nothing gets "burnt"...work fast, get in, get out, done. Yes, more flux. I use what you are using. I have the brass sponge, too. However, I also always keep a folded up wet paper towel for tip cleaning as well; it smooths and cleans really well. Want a shiny tip? Wipe it off with the wet paper towel. GOOD JOB explaining that the material (pad, wire, whatever) MUST be hot to accept the solder. The iron heats the metal and the metal then melts (and bonds to) the solder. I use that blue "tack" putty to hold wires and boards while I solder them. It works better than those extra hands with alligator clips. Yeah, it also has a high heat tolerance. GOOD JOB Joshua. This is the BEST soldering tutorial video that I have seen. EXCELLENT JOB.

I have been soldering for DIY projects for years, not very well at all until watching this tutorial amongst others, but I found yours very helpful. I got to the point where I almost gave up, and just filed down the tip of my gas soldering iron, and just used a flux pen with lead solder, and yes it works great, the secret is to use a flux, and a decent solder, worked great first attempt. Thanks for your videos, thanks to people like you, it helps to make others life easier, always good to see people share knowledge.

YES!!! I was trying to teach a classmate who wants to get into fpv how to solder on a old busted esc and he wasnt getting it. I told him to just watch me because for me soldering is all about the feel. its like driving standard you gotta feel whats going on. and though this video wont directly make him a good solderer, it will give him the tools and understanding to become one.

My wife thinks I'm a dork for getting excited about a 50 minute long video on soldering. Thanks for making my Saturday special, JB.

Obviously, there are countless videos available about soldering. And they run the gamut from outstanding to literally useless. I’ve been soldering for over 45 years and I can say that while this may not be the best, I sure wish I had as thorough an explanation and demonstration to learn from when I got started. It would have saved me a lot of grief, and answered virtually all of my noob questions. I have saved this vid so that I can share it with any beginners. Thank you for deciding to do this excellent tutorial. 👍

I've been sodering all my life. I was taught by my dad who was a TV engineer at the time when you could fix TV's by replacing components. - Excellent tutorial and I actually learned something today - Thank you! Maybe one tip - try not to inhale the fumes. I normally hold my breath when my head is over the joint.

Been soldering “forever,” but always looking for ways to improve. Your videos are comforting to watch, Joshua. I always know that for at least a little while, the world will make sense! 😃🤔👍

I have been soldering (hobby) for 30 years and learned more than I thought I would in the video. Thanks JB, another useful and well made tutorial. Much appreciated.

I have seen a lot of soldering tutorials, but this one was really useful. I have been fairly adequate at this for a long time, but I feel this video finally put an end to my 35 year old status as a soldering newbie. I certainly learned something today.

Great video! As an engineer who has been soldering for almost 40 years, I can say you got this just right. Any more info would have been overwhelming to the average noob. Any less wouldn't have been very useful. Soldering 101 was a 6 week class in collage, and was really only meant to keep us from burning our tongues and setting the lab on fire. Soldering is both an art and a skill, and there is no way to cover all of the basics in even a 10 video series. But this video covers exactly enough to get someone started.

Great tips, and unless you work on an assembly line in electronic, no one soldier will look the same every time . Glad you made it clear you don’t just melt the solder on the iron. Also getting practice pads to practice will make a difference. Well done, I do mostly plumbing and will be ordering my tool, solder, flux and scolding iron from your links. In plumbing practice made perfect as it will with this more delicate work.

Been soldering for close to 20 years now, but still love seeing how everyone does it, and sometimes I see how complacent I've gotten soldering. Thanks for the content and keep it up! I'll be watching 👀...lol

There's never to many solder videos, always place for a refresh and update.. Just when u think u know it all.. u find something new 😊👍👍

I'm new to the hobby and am still learning how to solder well. Ain't being able to make all my solderings shiny as I would like and your tutorial addressed some issues that I have to improve. Keep up the great service you provide to our community 👍. You're my number 1 teacher for FPV!

Your demo of the problem with oxidized tips showing the solder running away from the cold oxide layer is great! For thin 24 gauge wire I use 320 C ( 608 Fahrenheit ) while for 14 gauge wire I'd use 380-400 C. Soldering on the small FPV parts I think, even if you'd use 12 gauge wire for XT60 connection, requires at most 400 C ( 752 Fahrenheit )

Thanks for another great video Joshua. I’ve been soldering for 33 years and STILL “learned something today”.

Great Job! I use to teach soldering in the 1980’s when I was in the USAF.

Ooooo, you're brave JB! Soldering is the most divisive thing I've seen in FPV. Almost as bad as if anyone mentions HDZero around a bunch of DJI flyers...

Been soldering for years and I still learned something from this video. Toughest solder for me, Ground pads for the main battery...UGH!

Dude! I can't thank you enough. I've been having such a hard time and now I know what I was doing wrong. Just the tutorial I needed. Thanks again Joshua.

“Get me away from this cold tip man” 🥶 Been soldering for 30+ years ; this video is great. I am glad you made it. It is a great resource for youngsters (or those life experienced people but new to electronics) to check out! For me I just enjoy JB styles!

I'm a mechanic and I learned to solder over 20 years ago and I still really appreciated this video. Soldering on a PCB intimidates me a little bit. Especially when it's the really tiny solder pads on tiny woop FC's. I really appreciate how detailed your videos are.

Oh man I needed this. Thanks so much JB! I gotta say- you gotta be one of the best on camera teachers of anything I’ve ever seen. And the dry humor kills me lol. New to fpv but come from a film background and loving it so far. The attention to detail but kept within a simple approachability is just top notch. You rock.

way better instruction then my technical college professor..thank you!!

Best soldering tip that I actually got from Mr. Steele. Have a small bit of solder on the iron before touching it to the board. It means that solder blob works to heat the existing joint or pad, rather than the iron tip doing all the work. Way better and faster heat transfer with a bit of solder on the iron.

This video was a huge help. I am soldering everything! Within the FPV hobby and out. I’ve seen other soldering tutorials and yours is by far the best! Thank you!

I was hoping you would mention solder paste for preventing oxidation over the tip of your iron while in storage.. You definitely improved my soldering ability thank you for the video Josh.

Mr. Bardwell never fail at teaching and I'm always learning thanks

. thank you so much for your video on soldering I have not soldered since Í was 16yrs old. I screened up a radio kit. I'm now 66yrs you touch on so many areas that I remembered having problems,you have made me wanting to try again on something. I also don't comment on video's so you have really moved me. 😁 Thank you again. I have to go find something to work on. Good job.

thank you! this makes getting into the hobby so much easier for people like me

This continues to be the best tutorial for soldering on KZfaq. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts, JB

Good tutorial. I come from being a hobbiest for around 30 years. I got started with R/C trucks (RC10T primarily) when I was a kid (90's were my teenage years). Went to school for electrical engineering initially (ended up being a front end software developer), and kept up with electronics tinkering through the years. I'm not into FPV yet but I do have small drone I messed with a few years ago but it had no camera. I want to get back into the hobby, so I figured seeing the common soldering techniques in the hobby today would be useful. Running a Hakko 936 and Hakko 907 right now. The last project I worked on that involved soldering was replacing a Micro-USB port on a tablet for a friend, and yes it's working again. My list: -All you need is the brass sponge. I did away with my wet sponge years ago. -A soldering wick is also very useful for cleaning up extra solder. Heat it up and wick away the extra solder like the wire wicks the solder inside of the strands. That's a good way to clean pads up too. -The way I learned flux is that is just lets the solder flow to where it should be. I prefer the syringe method with a precise tip for applying flux. -One other thing I would caution against is having too hot of an iron on the wire for too long. It will cook away the insulation as the wire heats up enough to cook it. I'm glad you demonstrated the wicking of the solder to inside of the wire, but taking it a step further by showing the cooking of the insulation would help encourage better quality soldering.

I learned to solder about 25 years ago, and I like to think I'm pretty good at it. I completely agree with every single point you've made in this video. You have a ton of experience, and it shows. This is an excellent tutorial.

Never get tired of watching solder melt and cool. That practice board is pretty awesome!!

Thanks for taking the time to make this video Joshua. Much respect for sticking to an idea.

thanks for even more information about soldering i „learned“ soldering by watching your build videos but this combines all that skill i’ve learned from you

When I first started soldering, I always had cold solders & could never figure out why. So I found your videos on soldering tips (including this one) & has helped me out a lot with my soldering skills. Excellent tutorial Joshua!!

Thank you Joshua this has been the most helpful video on soldering that I have ever watched on youtube and you can count on it, I will be getting my old soldering iron out and start back on practicing very soon. This is most helpful ! Thanks for all the time you put into making this video. Just AWESOME !!!!

Awesome man! I just got into the FPV world and you’ve helped me a lot! I appreciate you man.

thank you so much for this video, I was actually soldering the wrong way for so many years as I didn't know about warming up the pads to make the solder stick correctly! I am now seen so much better results.

I learned something today… I learned that I actually didn’t know how to solder! I had the how, but not the why. Feel much more confident for the next job now!

Great vid. Ive been soldering for years and I learned something today.

Very helpful, don't be afraid to record long videos. Currently soldering my first project along with this video and it's relaxing to hear in the background.

Thank you so much! I've been hacking at soldering my whole life, and I realized as I watched you make intentional mistakes, what I've been doing wrong all this time. Thank you. I wish I'd had You Tube when I was 20.

Thanks, I almost bricked my F722 mini. But my main issue was that it was impossible to remove lead free solder. I had to add some lead solder to existing solder to be able to melt and remove it 😅. Lead solder all the way 👍

I know how to solder but came here from your build series to see how you handled it. This gives me even more hope for my drone build. I love instructions from people who can explain things properly. Yeah, correct, puddles on the iron to make a joint is wasting the solder, a joint should be the wire(tinned) stuck to a thin sheet(tinned) on the pad. Thank you.

Thanks - awesome work! I don't like soldering. The least fav part of this hobby for clumsy me - but with your instructions and insights I'm looking forward to the next time I need this! Definitly learned something today! greets and nice weekend!

Joshua you are the GODFATHER of FPV. Thank you

While I don't feel that I need to watch this (I would say I'm fairly experienced), it's still nice to watch. Also, it's reassuring that more pilots learn this skill - it might very well reduce the number of mid-air fails, which in turn leads to fewer regulations due to accidents. Great stuff!

Perfect way to spend my Sunday coffee. Thank you Joshua.

I learned something today. I learned I was doing it wrong, lol. Thanks for the soldering lesson.

I used to watch every video that you came out with as soon as they went live I used to fly a couple times a week I'm still a patreon because I learned so much from you and I believe you're a good teacher and I believe in what you do. I've been modding Nintendo switches lately and I've had to buy a digital microscope for small up-close soldering and I happened on your video and realized how much I miss the bardwell videos a couple times a week and fpv in general.

Thanks a lot! This is a best soldering tutorial I've ever seen. Nobody I've seen explaines about "no smoke, no flux". And more important despite I saw many times how they apply solder to the pad instead of solder iron tip, nobody explaines what this about.

Great video! Nothing beats a good quality soldering iron, I bought mine in 2001 a Velleman station and it still delivers great result even though it's been used a lot. One little tip though I learned from an alarm technician many years ago. Turn your diagonal cutter the other way around with the flat end facing the end of the wire, it will make it easier to pull and be more gentle to the strands. Think of when you are in the woods and are about to carve a stick for barbequing your marshmallows, then you will set the knife in an angle away from you when pushing not in an angle towards you when pushing away from you, it's the same with the angle on the cutter.

Thank you for this video, Joshua! I started building my own build for the first time yesterday, which I've soldered some things on my BnF's, but nothing much more than a new rx. I was struggling hard with the ESC and XT60 wires and could not figure out why. In your video, you called out the specific reason why - I was trying to melt the solder, expecting that to stick to the board. Cold pen, cold board, very little flux. After watching, I bumped up the heat, heated the board, fluxed, tinned and soldered the wire on. It now looks (almost) like a professional soldered it. Seriously, thank you so much!!

I've been soldering for years (not often, but a couple projects a year) and still learned a ton from this video. thank you!!!

I've been soldering for over 20 years and still enjoyed this video

Thank you Josh. I ordered your hd version of kit you have. Got my practice solder board today. And Holy crap that was easy. Your videos explain things so well.

MuteFPV is a great source to watch and learn. Subbed to him a long time ago.

Okay I've lurked long enough. You have earned my subscription. To the point,and for the TRUE beginner,this makes it easy. For someone like me who dabbles in and out,it was a great refresher of what i had forgotten from days of lightsaber building. Never thought I would ever find a use for all the stuff I bought after I got bored with lightsabers.

Great video for beginners!! Awesome suggestion on flux pen (no clean flux). The other benefit is in desoldering and resoldering. One thing to add is: once u tin the pad. (Gets to room temp if u walk away from it). Reheat it both pad and wires before soldering wire to the pad.

thank you Joshua, I was struggling with soldering and when finally I took Quad for a flight it tool me one landing to realize I have to struggle one more time with soldering. Today Im going to try your technique :) thanks. Im a patreon :) it's a pleasure to watch you.

Years ago I worked for RCA in Camden and started as an assembler, went into repair and later test/troubleshoot but I did my fair share of soldering, most of it government work. When I started most of the work was hand soldered, solder wave machines were new and not very much of the work was wave soldered. Things to remember is the solder should flow to the wires, boards, objects or whatever that you are soldering and you must have proper "wetting" to be physically strong and a good electrical connection. Putting a puddle of solder on an iron and dropping it on cold components is not a good technique. Hitting it fast with a hot iron is good but you do not want to lift pad or measling the circuit board (delaminate, the heat will separate the layers, you usually see white dots on the board). If you are trying to solder (for example) a 10 awg finely stranded tinned wire with silicone insulation to a 4mm banana connector, a 40 watt iron won't do the job. Solder should flow between the strands, be "wetted" in the connector cup, have a concave look and you should be able to see the wire strands in the soldered wire. It should not be a cold solder joint that looks like a hawk flew by and took a dump on it. For anything I solder that will absorb a lot of heat I prefer a 100w iron with smallest tip I can find. In some cases pre tinning is helpful but in others it's a hindrance. A 40 watt iron is fine for small wires, pads, tiny resistors, caps on boards, etc. but not for larger objects that will take a lot of heat they are useless. Those irons with the temperature readout and adjustable wattage are nice but really a novelty and totally unnecessary. Also always be sure to use wire with the proper insulation that will take the heat. Cheap plastic insulation on a lot of wire will just melt. Solid wire is always easier and is believed is a better conductor but any wire that is going to flex or move should be finely stranded. If you can't see your work don't be afraid to use a magnifying glass, lamp, goggles or whatever and plenty of light. If you can't see your work you can't do your work. Flux core solder, a couple good irons (I prefer 40 watt and 100 watt), a damp sponge and dri-wick is about all you need for 99% of all solder jobs. If that don't work, get out the turbo torch and sledge hammer!

I have recently filmed a soldering tutorial of my own, i know how hard it is to film it. well, you have nailed it !!

Hi josh, I have been soldering from the age of 14, now I am 53 and still got it, yeah practice makes perfect

I just grabbed one of those Sq-001s, an Apex frame and a bunch of electronics. I'm excited, this is my first adjustable iron.

Mr. Bardwell i would like to say you have made my FPV hobbie so much fun and you taught me so much. I learn something new with every video that you have made. I am putting A 8 ducted motor drone together and i hoping to have it ready ASAP. Thank yuou once again I've learn something today

Ive been soldering surface mount parts for decades and one Hakko tip I have grown to use almost exclusively for small parts like 0603 and 0402 is the T18-BR02 conical tip. When i first saw one of these i thought some engineer (i work in a R&D lab) had bent the tip through carelessness. I fast discovered that I can use the point of this tip to solder fine things like 0402. You can even hook this tip into tight to reach spaces like when all the SMT parts are too close together and you have attack it from above. But for larger soldering needs, I rotate the iron 90 degrees and lay the fatter portion of the tip down to use its heft to flow or re-flow bigger things like through mount wires or pins that tend to suck up all the heat (Kind of like what you describe at 23:00). Its not as good as a straight bevel tip but its 85-90% effective so it has earned the top spot on my list of tips. And as you know, changing tips when they are hot sucks. Equipment I cant live without: Tip tinning compound like (Thermaltronics TMT-TC-2 lead free tip tinner) This helps burn off the oxides off a tip that the sponge has trouble with. worth its weight in gold to me. Gel based flux in a syringe: in my case i use it to hold legless chips in place. its nice because it stays where you put it and will turn liquid easily when heated slightly. A water based sponge: I know you dont use it but hear me out on this one. This may just go to my soldering style since I am applying tons of SMT parts rapidly, but you know how fast that oxide layer can build on a hot tip. it takes seconds. when i holster the tip, pick a new part and lay it down on the PCB, then grab the iron again there can be an annoying level of oxide on the tip (just enough to make it look golden or purple instead of silver) with a water dampened sponge, i very quickly drag it over the sponge in a 1-2 move where i drag it incredibly fast then rotate 180 and do it again. this puts my tip back to silver and i can attest does not cool my tip down too much to solder. I also dont fill the sponge to 100% I just get it wet enough so the iron doesn't burn the sponge material. A lot of the time I grab the iron and plunge it into the brass sponge to remove the solder chunks, and then the water sponge to put a clean silver surface back on if the solder chunk left any dross behind. Rework alloy rods: This has saved my bacon so many times and is worth 2x its weight in gold. This alloy lowers the melting point of traditional tin/lead solder. so much so that i can apply this alloy to a joint, put my iron down, and grab my tweezers and lift the part while the solder is still molten. its not as suitable for soldering since it is very brittle, but if you need to remove something from a PCB and not damage the PCB or the part this is something you need. I go for the lead free versions of this because they work at higher temperatures so this one works on both lead and lead free where as the reverse is not true. www.chipquik.com/store/index.php?cPath=200&osCsid=rdcjlp2uvqc6ce9e0jl2mkk7i3 Copper braid line for desoldering. I have about 3 or 4 different widths for various jobs. I also make sure to clip away the used bits never leaving more than 1/4 to 1/2 inch while currently desoldering. the effectiveness of this braid goes way down the longer i try to go without clipping solder filled braid. probably due to copper being a great heat sink. Hope some or all of these can help you too.

Thank you so much for this video. I've soldered for years involving so many projects, and it's nice to see pros like yourself to teach with great detail. I look forward to any future videos

It’s a year late so not sure you’ll even see this but no doubt they’re are a few videos about soldering but for sure it’s always a great idea to give tutorials on your hobby in every aspect if your going to give tutorials… there isn’t enough people on KZfaq giving clear instructions like you anyhow…

Excellent and easy going. I've been soldering and making Heath Kits since the early 1960's (yes 1960's) My technique has changed many times but the basic results a you've demonstrated is spot on. Advancement of precise temp controlled irons and better tips have made it easy for everyone to have great success in soldering. Always enjoy your instructional videos.

Nice video. I tend to only use solid core solder as I feel this ends up with a cleaner joint. Super clean tip with light solder on it. Lots of no clean flux and proper heat. Works every time.