Super job on that macrophotography!!

Great video Steve 👍.. Probably one of the best available for folk unsure of how a good solder joint should be attained. Cheers, John

Thank you for a fantastic video! This is probably one of the clearest, quickest videos on what to do - and not to do!

this is one of the super detail and super crispy sharp quality video i have ever seen on soldering in youtube. bravo !!!!

For a bit more advanced technique there is some value to overloading a tip with solder to make a temporary (albeit poor) connection, especially in tight spaces, simply to hold a component or wire in place...again, temporarily until you affix another end or lead when of course you go back and make a proper solder connection at that point. A bit more important back in the days of tube sockets and interconnecting wires and parts. Thanks for the tutorial Steve, look forward to the next installment.

Just started working on Arduino and this is SUPER helpful, clear concise and given me confidence to try! Thanks so much!!

Nice shots, and good to hear a native speaker saying the name of different stuff!

I'm just getting into the RC and this was good info on how to fix the solder problems. Thanks!

I have dyspraxia. My hand-eye co-ordination and spacial awareness are pretty poor and I've been really struggling to work out what all the videos and texts I've been watching/reading are trying to tell me; I haven't been able to work out where to place the solder wire and iron. This one has helped greatly, the macro photography was fantastic. I bought a couple of cheap kits with loads of LEDs to practice on. It took a while but I think I've pretty much cracked it now, so thanks!

Nice work - very clear image quality. Thanks.

Yeah! Finally someone who shows the right way and the wrong way, and how to fix mistakes. Beginners like me make mistakes but most of these soldering channels forget to tell us how to fix our mistakes. I did my very first through-hole kit yesterday and made a ton of mistakes. The led hourglass kit worked first try, which surprised me, but it wouldn't pass a soldering test.

Wow seeing this so close up was definitely helpful. Thank you!

Your video has really great examples as well as information. Thanks for putting in the time.

Best video I've seen on this yet, thank you!

Great tutorial as usual! Would love some of your equipment in my lab. Thanks Steve. Please keep up the videos if you get time, I really enjoy them.

Ordered 3 micro arduinos (like, REALLY micro)and the rails or whatever they are called weren't attached. Watched this, bought a soldiering iron at walmart and just made 30 perfect soldier joints on my first try. This video and an 8x loup really made it possible! ;)

Hi what’s your solder temperature are you using?

Fantastic tips. I wish I had found this video years ago. Thank you

You make it look so simple.

Thanks Steve! That looks pretty good to me.

Extremely helpful, thank you!

I agree: quality video, thank you.

Unreal. Thank you. I was having trouble with this.

Same thoughts and actions as I do .... Steve , we are TUNED !!...

Thank you for the help! Gonna give this a shot...

Great video, good camera work, thanks

Excellent video. Thank you.

Great video! Thanks :)

Great job Sir Thanks v much 👍

What size are the pads on the pcb and what size core is your solder. Do you have say a recommended ratio of pad size to core size . Thanks

Very useful video 👍

What soldering iron do you reccommend? Which iron are you using in this video? Can you do a UK soldering iron comparison video from cheap through to expensive? There are so many to choose from. weller 15w, weller 25w, weller 40w, weller 80w, then there are the cheapest an-tech tools and sealey tools, laser tools 40w,, (eurocarparts) silverline tools (local hardware shop), CPC-Farnell seem to have the best prices for weller. Halfords also sell a Rolson 40w for £8. Toolstation and screwfix also, Most of these come with conical tips and screwdriver tips.

Thanks, I follow your videos, very well made. What is the best temperature for the soldering iron, what will you suggest based on your experience? Thanks.

Great vid - thanks. From 00:24 onwards, are you applying flux before attempting to solder or are the relevant areas of the board "dry"? Cheers

Excellent video and pro tip on how it should be done. You only left out the part about cleaning up the flux afterwards. 😊

how would you solder a stand off to the main board without burning the main board it self?

For more heat sensitive components, especially those with thicker leads I will clamp an alligator clip on the lead next to the actual component.

Seeing that you modeled the criteria from the IPC standard, wouldnt reheating the joint create a thicker bi-metallic layer? Or is that irrelevent here?

Must have

bless u

Hello there! Im a student and i am studying the cracks on middle of solder in pcb components. Can you say to me some solutions to solve this problem? Does it depends of the welding alloy( im using SAC305 RX18)? or the themperatures? Can i solve this problem? It's for my thesis of master degree. Best regards.

Hi. Recent subscriber here. I see your face for first time. I would have never matched your voice to your body.🤣

Thank y9

Good

I’m a pro now. Thanks

Great video. One quick question. If you solder from the bottom and make a joint that appears to have good coverage, but when you look at it from the top, it does not appear as though there is good coverage, does it matter? Do you need to keep applying solder (from the bottom) until the top also shows a "good joint"?

You have a lot of soldering iron (metcal)but you do not have one jbc .

From where we buy the Multicore 62/36/2 ?

I accidentally scratched the PCB and both legs , I think, joined/shorted. What should I do?

When I soldered the legs of the Arduino nano, the result was blobbed upward. I'm using 60/40 with 0.8mm diameter tin lead and set the soldering iron at 350°C (662°F). What's wrong with it?

Can anybody recommend some good solder and flux available in the UK please.

What type of flux is that?

To building a mechanical keyboard I go!

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Jbc is the best

Me sees backround: A bit messy

I'll never learn how to use the words "wetting" "flowing" "soldering" correctly.

Soldering THT it's like woman: better fat than cold

no, No, NO!!! Do NOT use a cone shaped tip - the heat transfer is terrible. The chisel shape has (grooved chisel tip is even better) MUCH better heat transfer so soldering is faster and with more uniform results especially when soldering dis-similar items like a component lead and PCB pad.