Basic Electronic Tools Guide /Soldering Tools You Should Own
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This Basic Electronic tools guide is a short tutorial showing common tools you should try and own so as to make your electronic projects more achievable.
Featuring short video demonstrations and photographs of part numbers etc learn the places that supply all the soldering essential tools that you will need like cutters , tweezers , hot air stations and soldering irons.
Find out places to buy from and tool codes from various photographs placed at certain points of the video.
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Finally thank you for your time and good luck with all your future soldering projects.
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I've been doing PCB repair work for more years that I choose to admit. That being said, I'm happy to say that I have learned some good tricks from your videos. Nice Job. I was proud of my Weller Irons and they were my work horses for years. I could never understand the reason (or justify the cost) for needing something like a Metcal until I used one. Picked up one in need of repair on that 'bay place and got it running. With a little research and work, it didn't cost ridiculously more than a new replacement would have for my other irons. I definite love it. We all develop our preferences, and what we can justify. You can get by quite well with average tools for most things, but if you are spending more time working on PCB's, don't be afraid to buy a few good ones. Tools are an extension of you. Strangely, the one item that I would replace the minute I lost them, are tweezers. After the shock of spending $30 or more, you will find that you use them constantly. One heavy pair, and one delicate pair to start. I also tune mine back up with a sharpening stone. I make sure the tips are flat to each other, even, and that they line up together. Makes fine work so much easier. A decent arm mounted, lighted magnifier is also very helpful.
Hi thank you for your comment, very much appreciated. I'm glad you have enjoyed the video's. Hopefully they can help a few people out 👍
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I've just discovered your channel thanks to the almighty algorithm - and I'm very glad to have done so. Your videos are excellent, packed with loads of helpful tips and tricks, with well explained and demonstrated techniques. You mentioned at the end of this video that you would make another focussing on the consumables that you use, but I can't see it in your list of videos. I see one about solder, but what about the flux you are using, and the cleaning wipes etc.? Will you be making a consumables video soon? Thanks for all your hard work so far.
Thank you for sharing. I like the distance cutter hack.
Hi , thank you for your comment and support much appreciated. The distance cutters are expensive so that's why I like to show a really cheap alternative method to try and help everyone. Thanks again , take care 👍
Thank you for sharing your tool selection. This is very helpful in determining which tools to use. Keep up the videos and soldering tips.
Hi , thank you for your comment and support of my channel , very much appreciated. I'm glad people enjoy the videos , I will keep posting when I get some spare time . Thanks again , take care 👍
4:56 so simple trick, thanks! I have always cut the wires after soldering, but this must give a more regular finish, will think about it next time.
Hi , thank you for your comment. This is a great , neat trick so all of your pins are cut at the same height . I see so many people cut into the solder joints or have their pins cut at varying heights when cut pre soldering , some hardly tall enough to solder to. Thanks again , good luck 👍
Thanks for sharing this video & information. The use of tie wraps & side cutter were especially useful. I have a nice set of tweezers for model railroading to use for soldering too.
Hi , thank you for watching the video and commenting , much appreciated 👍
A new subscriber, great video, thanks. One addition I've made is high temp silicon tubing added to my solder suckers which does two things. One, it protects the nozzle from damage, but two allows me to get a really good seal to really draw solder out of the hole.
Hi , thank you for your comment and subscribing, very much appreciated. I'm glad you enjoyed the video . If my videos can help a few people with their soldering then I'm happy . Thank you for your solder sucker idea , the more we put ideas out there the more other people can learn . Thanks again 👍
Would love to see electronic repair videos down to component level, his to use multimeter's etc. I think it gos hand in hand with soldering as most people that do soldering are into repair.
Another great vid from you. You deliver information in exactly the way i absorb it
Hi , thank you for your comment, I'm glad you enjoy the videos . I will keep posting when I get some spare time . Thanks again, take care 👍
Stand-off cutters: these are new to me, great tip! Looking around, Piergiacomi do some (1.5mm: TR 5000/15 D) not too expensive. I already have some Piergiacomi side cutters and de-panelising cutters - good quality (I think they're re-badged as Hakko in some places, red handles).
proper tools that fit the job is something that cannot be overestimated! you only realize this when you really spend time on doing things. and it is irrespective if you are professional or amatour - the only difference is the scale. I have noticed, that tweezers are seriously killed by wrong using - they are usually so delicate, that if you use them for general purpose, you end up having them bent or so. Similarly the cutters: even when you buy the expensive ones (>50GBP), if you abuse them, you end up buying new ones - I would not recommend the cheap ones (
Hi , thank you for your comment and support , very much appreciated. I'm glad you find the videos useful , I've always said if I can help a few people out with some soldering questions then I'm happy as it means my time making the videos was well spent. Everything you say about tools is spot on , and I believe between all the soldering channels on KZhead there is some good information for everyone to improve their skills . Thanks again , take care 👍
This is a great video, thanks for taking the time to put this together. Did you manage to find a suitable replacement flux yet? The one you normally recommend seems to be EoL. Are you still planning on doing a consumables follow-up?
Hi great videos. I’m a newbie to electronics and soldering. I have a charging pin that was pulled off a board and it took the the pads with it. Is it fixable?
Great videos, thanks a lot. Have you done one about removing conformal coating? I'm just facing that on a small SMD board that has a small PWM circuit. Thanks again for the videos!
Hi , thank you for your comment, much appreciated. I haven't yet but I will certainly try and do one soon as it's something I regularly have to do , thanks again 👍
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and methods. Much appreciated. Would you recommend an electronic microscope or magnifying headset? What do use personally? I apologize if you answered this previously, searched first but did not find it. Cheers from Arizona, U.S.A..
Hi , thank you for your comment , very much appreciated . I personally use a stereo long reach microscope . This type of scope has a long arm which allows me to put large pcb's underneath it and see any part of the board I wish to . The prices range enormously so worth researching this . I have never used magnifying headsets so can't really comment on these , sorry . Thank you again for your time , take care 👍
Nice one. What metal heat tape do you use please?
Could you advise a budget microscope for soldering works? And which one do you use? Thanks.
Thank you very, very much for this straight forward and highly beneficial video. Your channel is truly appreciated and your teaching methodology is superb. Thank you, Sir!
Hi , thank you for your comment, and support, very kind of you . I'm glad you enjoy the videos and hopefully they can help a few people out with their soldering projects. Thanks again , take care 👍
Great video, thanks! With the hot air demonstration, I heard you say to set it at 370C but what air pressure did you use?
Hi , thank you for your comment, much appreciated. The air pressure on the Quick station was set to 90 for both the IC removal and the heat shrinking. Hope that helps , thanks again 👍
Hi, do you repair boards if we bring it to you? Need to fit a new power supply connector to my board.
Thanks. Just looking at your older videos. Have you found a suitable flux replacement as the other is discontinued? Is it one from RS components? Hope to find it in my country. Thanks
Hi , thank you for your comment. As of this minute I haven't yet found a decent replacement, I do have a couple to try out but not got round to it yet . I still have a couple of tins of the SMFL200D to get through so not in a desperate rush yet . RS Components were doing a similar one in a spray can , same size 200ml , so I was going to give that a try but that's also now become discontinued. When I do find a suitable replacement I will post about it on KZhead. Thanks for your support , take care 👍
Excellent advice as always, cheers! Could you tell me what tips (and their temperatures) you use with your TPCS? I only have a wee TS100 at the mo and am having a time of it trying to remove large IGBTs and Mosfets from an inverter. Time for a bigger iron!!
Hi , thank you for your comment. The tips I use for the TCP S are PTP7 , small conical tip and a DD8 , large flat sided tip. It's an old school type of iron but these tips cope with so much . The iron is 50 Watt , that's really the least wattage I would go for these days . Temperatures vary on these tips by a different number on the end , leaded ideally 330 degrees Celsius and lead free about 360 degrees Celsius . A PTP8 is hotter than a ptp7 I believe , Hope that helps , thanks again for your support , take care 👍
@@mrsolderfix3996 Thank you, helps a lot
Hi , no problem , hope you get on ok with all of your soldering projects, take care
What optical tool do you use?
Your videos are unintentionally ASMR
Hi , thank you for your comment, very much appreciated, hopefully people enjoy the videos and find them of use . Thanks again , take care 👍
Hi could you tell me which microscope you use, Thanks Tony
Hi . I personally use a Stereo long reach scope supplied by GT Vision ( England ) their own branded one . All my filming is done using a macro lens attached to a mobile phone ( I don't use a microscope camera ) , hope that helps , thanks for your comment 👍
Great video! When did you buy this quick 861DA station? I saw one on eBay, but looks like it been rebranded from China. By the name: AIFEN 861DW. I wonder if they are a knockoff or they come from the same factory.
Hi , thank you for your comment. I've owned mine a few years now . It was purchased from Somerset Solders and was approx £330. I've just looked up the one you mentioned which is approx half this price . Is it an official item , same as the Quick ? I wouldn't like to say , but I've always thought when something seems a great deal it isn't always. Thanks again 👍
I'm using the Atten ST-862D which for the money is a very nice, well-built hot air station. It's quite well regarded in both hobbyist and professional circles and available in the UK. Only downside was that it didn't have angled nozzles but I managed to order a set of nozzles from Aliexpress that work great. I've heard mention of Atten making angled ones so they may be an option soon. Hope this helps.
Bought a fine set of ESD tweezers, I got the cutters (good ones - not the distant ones), I already got an ERSA iron and gonna buy a Weller station (a cheap one), got a multimeter (dont know how to use it properly though - got to learn the basics), got two pliers and I think these are enough for I wanna do. *Question:* for an amateur who wants to recap the board of an old boombox and later go as far to (probably try and) recap an amplifier, how many Watts should the station be?
Hi , the iron I use in all of my videos is a Weller TCP S and this iron is 50 Watt. As you can see from the videos this can do anything I need it to so I would aim to get a 50 Watt or 60 watt iron . There is plenty on the market in this range so you can pick one up pretty easy . Hope that helps , good luck 👍
@@mrsolderfix3996 I have to pick between an 80W and a 30W station. I think I ll go with the 80W. There's an issue with the flux you use, which I cant find. So, I think I ll go with a Topnik Gel Ive read good reviews for. So, I ll start implementing what I saw on your videos. Cant thank you enough mate for your support. Im excited with this project and I think I ll succeed bringing back to life these devices. Again, thank you!
Hi , no problem . I hope you get on ok with all of your soldering projects, and thank you as well for watching the videos 👍
@@mrsolderfix3996 Everything will be fine I feel. Main thing here is to implement successfully the basics. If I manage to do this, I ll be more than happy. This boombox I ll start with (tomorrow - I made a list with the capacitors I need - took photos too for the empoyee to see), might have more issues than just some damaged capacitors. It suffered an electrical shock many years ago and never worked since. I ll be patient, this is my trainning project and Im gonna search every possible damage and see if I can restore it. Pls dont thank me, I should be thanking you for making these videos. I now ve got a good idea of how things (I need) work and I just need to train, but generally speaking I can do things and I dont take risks, Im patient. Some years ago, after watching some videos for a month or so, I felt safe enough to restore my late father's wristwatch, which was an automatic SEIKO, a good watch, stuck but proved that it only needed maintenance. I fully disassembled it, cleaned it (not ultrasonic cleaning), oiled it, reassembled it, and voilà; it is still working perfectly. The next maintenance will be done by a proffessional though. I ll let you know of my progress on this project mate. Again, thank you!
Hi , good luck , please do keep in touch 👍
Quality tools are great, but they can cost a lot of money.... Personally, I would choose for a fine side cutter from Knipex like the 78 61 125, they are between 15-20 euro's. As for tweezers, I would buy a good quality set, the cheap ones are rubbish mostly... For a hot-air/soldering station I wouldn't buy a 300+ station, but a much more affordable one, like the 852D+ model, they are sold by different brands, mostly the same, around 90-120 euro's. Spare parts are cheap, tips are easy to find etc.... (these models use the same parts as the Hakko stations) A solder-sucker is a must-have! (cheap ones will work fine!) A Magnifier Lamp with Table Clamp Mount is also a great add-on for the finer work, they cost anywhere between 50-300 euro's, I use a 65 euro one, works great! (Note: (IMO) These things are more than enough for people who don't solder every day, but still like to have an all round set.) Great video's btw!! +1 subscriber! 😉
whats good brand for tweezers?
I have something need to fix can u help me out?
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Hi , thank you for your support, much appreciated 👍