The best "how and why" soldering guide I've ever seen.
It's from 1980, but still very relevant today.
Really superb stuff.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIT4ra6Mo0s
Sorry for being so brief, I'm off to watch the other parts in the series... :)
thanks Haggai!
if i dont forget about it, i will watch the whole series. 2 weeks ago a neighbor did the soldering of new cables in the 1xAAA flashlight i got (lumintop). we didnt have the perfect tools to do the job (thick soldering iron, thick cables) so the result was not as perfect as the out of the box state of the flashlight but i can live with it. AAA lights are VERY difficult to solder because the tiny dimensions and the small space between parts. cable ends and solder blobs can get critically close to the aluminum reflector and thus causing a short circuit.
Not that your link is bat at all, but it's intended for students of technical "arts" and professionals to be.
This is the best soldering tutorial for a beginner and hobbyist...
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2862BF3631A5C1AA&feature=plcp
It's made by EEVblog, which also covers MANY topics other than soldering.
Good luck!
Viktor
Hi Kreisler, if you need a cheap soldering iron that works surprisingly well for the money paid ... here you go. Of course it can't compete with the full blown solder stations... but I was able to solder stuff like this mini XP-G emitter on a 8mm star (solder contacts are only 1mm apart) with that one, where 2 bigger soldering irons failed.
Thanks Vectrex!!
i've put it on my wishlist, which is empty anyway (TT blade? MT/SAK? .. lol!). Did you learn soldering by yourself or did someone teach and practice with you?
i've got a yoga booklet with many pictures (photo series) but there's no way one could learn yoga without a teacher. so i never learned it. the book gets no use. was a gift haha.
Soldering is one of the few little practical things i really want to learn. It's art.
I've got and old soldering iron with a large tip. I sanded it down, re-tinned it and it works just fine. Just today I soldered the cables to a KD V2 driver. Solder didnt want to stick to the circuit board at first, took some time to get it there.. did I do something wrong?
OT: @Vectrex: led-tech can deliver any emitter on the copper star. I just received a neutral T6 on copper star a few days ago. ;)