If you’ve ever done any wiring work on a car, you’re probably familiar with this process: Find your soldering iron, grab an extension cable, snake it out to your car and then lie on your back covered ...

Learn the basics and soldering tips for beginners to help with projects around the farm. Get prepared to learn how to use a soldering iron for the first time and get started in the craft of welding.

When we first saw this 1944 US Office of Education film about hand soldering, we figured it might still have some good information. Well, perhaps it does, but the 1944 soldering was with a giant iron, ...

Soldering can get frustrating when you’re working fast. It often feels like you don’t have enough hands, particularly on jobs where you need to keep feeding solder in a hurry. To solve that issue, ...

Soldering to a PC board can be tricky: Too much heat can make the copper trace lift right off the board substrate. Use a soldering pencil rated at 15-25 watts, no more. (Watch the video; story ...

Whether it’s a 300-mph fuel dragster, the slowest of bracket cars, a high-performance (or even low-performance) street car, there is one common denominator each of them share: Wiring. Everything that ...

The result is that the entire board is much denser, and comments can be installed on both sides of the PC board, as seen in Figure 2 . Since the board does not require drilling for component leads ...

A basic Weller soldering station is all that's needed; I have several, in more or less complete form, laying around on my garage shelves. A wireless soldering iron, whether powered by batteries or ...