Learn the basics of soldering from Collin Cunningham!
Adafruit guide to excellent soldering: learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-g...
Entry level soldering iron: adafruit.com/products/180
Hakko FX-888 soldering iron: www.adafruit.com/products/1204
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Wow, so many good things to say about this video. First, it's very well written and extremely clear an concise. The presentation and visuals are excellent. Even the "cinematography" elevates this video, making it more engaging. Then there's Collin, whose stellar delivery is a cross between Agent Smith and Phillip Seymour Hoffman. He's also dressed for success! Kudos for another great video.
Christopher Kiefer well said
Yes!
good call on the cinematography. Wouldn't have thought of that but yeah, Colin's the Speilberg of geek vids
I get the vibe of Alton Brown’s Good Eats show.
@@michaelcoxjr Me too, plus a little bit of Thomas Dolby! :-)
Collin is easily my favorite electronics guy. I've learned so much from him and he is just an awesome, unique personality that needs to make more videos! XD
Just realized this was 8 years ago and is really keeping up to modern editing and instructors
*Learn the basics of soldering from Collin Cunningham!* Entry level soldering iron: adafruit.com/products/180 Hakko FX-888 soldering iron: www.adafruit.com/products/1204 More Collin's Lab: Breadboards: Collin's Lab: Breadboards & Perfboards Multimeters: Collin's Lab: Multimeters Collin's Lab: Soldering Collin Cunningham #soldering #solder
Ben Shamsian
I had no idea there was more Collin's Lab, I'm so glad I've found these!
Thanks adafruit for bring back collins lab your the best!!!
woah dude where have you been this whole time, youtube recommends me booties all the time but videos they don't even appear in my search. youtube's a simp
I have tried to avoid the discipline of soldering, because it seemed so tedious and boring. After watching this video I am online ordering soldering gear. It is incredible how highly motivating Collin' s enthusiasm is on me! More of this please :)
I am so happy Collin's Lab has returned! The original videos were extremely helpful when I first started out in the world of electronics. He has returned with increased production quality and more nerdly awesomeness! Keep it up Collin! You are the host of my all time favorite how to series!
I have never seen a better "how-to" about anything than this one. Clear, great presentation and photography.
Thanks Collin you taught me how to solder and I just repaired 500$ worth of Camry speedometers soldering in a 3 prong ceramic resistor on them both and it was easy and fun. I had a cold solder joint and I hit it with the iron real fast and it fixed it. My setup was not as nice as yours I used 5$ iron, crap wash solder and some copper wick for desolder. Thank you!!
Thanks a lot! About to do some soldering on my PS5 controller to fix stick drift. I feel more confident after watching this ❤️
Finally a video that shows the applying solder part and how to do it. I have been trying to hear the pad and apply the solder to the other side.
Bravo! It's amazing how Collin combines excellent teaching skills and clear and concise information within such a stylish and well produced video. Thanks!
I love this show! I hope Mr. Cunningham continues to make them.
the man wears a suit and a tie in a workshop while recording videos. respect.
This is a great video. The colors are vibrant, close-ups amazingly detailed and focused, and his intensity made it seem like he was repairing control systems on a nuclear sub. The detail spoken about can be clearly seen in the examples shown.. I can't wait to show people this video - quite possibly the best made soldering video I've seen yet. Thank you for taking the time to make it!
Possibly the best and most useful Collin's Lab to date.
I think this is the one of the best "how to solder" videos I've seen, and includes a good basic tip choice guide, which I really needed. I never understand why most soldering irons sold by Adafrui and Sparkfun come with a round tip that isn't best suited for their likely use, soldering to perfboard.
That guy cracks me up
Instructive too.
Yeah, he's amusing!
Well, they come with that tip from the manufacturer, it's not the distributor's fault.
This is my first time watching Collin nice work on the video. Thank you for helping us learn. THIS is the true power of the internet. Thank you please keep making videos we love you're personality.
Hi Collin, I watched this video 5-times and i still love it. Your videos are relaxing, funny and informative. You are the best. :)
Great job, Colin! I always enjoy your workshops, even if I think I know how to do it. Keep up the good work.
This is by far the best soldering tutorial I have ever seen.
Great demo. Detail, Yes! Well paced. Close-ups Yes! Thank you.
Yes! Collin is awesome! I love these very basic concept summaries.
One of the best soldering tutorials I've seen
Thrilled to see more Collin's Lab!
Agent Smith how much wattage iron is best to buy ? Regards
great detailed and thorough video collin
Excellent work sir. You have made so many useful and one of the best videos. Keep the good work going.
i was a Labor-Tutor at a University and i can say: This video ist super and very correct.
That was a really useful tutorial. Time to move my soldering to the next level!
What a great tutorial! Alton Brown meets MIB. Thanks for the video.
So much info. So easily said. Awesome video!
Again, wonderfully done!
Collin's Lab is the Best!
I love everything Adafruit.!!!
My #1 soldering tip, Use eutectic (63/37) blend solder. It costs no more then regular (60/40) and makes producing a cold solder joint almost technically impossible.
i saw this vid 2 years ago and it stil intreags me today i just wish they stil did collins lab vids hees awsome
That was great, Collin. 👏🏼 Thank you so much.
I never knew a soldering video could be so badass.
Thank you! awesome presentation!
Love Collins lab!!!! More Please!
Awesome video Collin! Keep 'em comin'!
Awesome tutorial! Got yourself a new sub! Very much appreciated
I frigging love these videos.
Interesting video!! Great info labeled clearly,
Again Simple and amazing cotent.. Thank you..
really nice video!
Can't miss that McMaster catalog. Love McMaster Carr.
+Jesse Leonard Those catalogs are like a mail-order treasure hunt. They won't even send you one willy-nilly, NOOOO, you have to ascend to the customer level worthy of being bestowed such a gift. I remember Will and Norm from tested.com and Adam Savage from Mythbusters talking about it on their podcast a long time ago as well.
Short n simple, nice.
+1 for Collin Cunningham
Thank you very much. Great video.
I like your style great vid glad to see this topic
👍Nice deeply info abt soldering technique
This helped a lot, thanks!
4:10 For metric people - 650°F is just under 350°C and 750°F is just under 400°C
Thankyou I learn a lot
that was a very well made video....nice!
Thanks, I need to learn this.
Thanks for interesting videos BRO.
Best so far
What a great video !
An absolutely *excellent* video--clear, concise and brilliantly presented. I was especially pleased to see that no emphasis was given to using external flux. This is a practise I have come to believe is actually counter productive and when using even moderate quality solder is completely unnecessary. The only issue I would raise is that as an example of an appropriate quality tool you highlight a Hakko 888 station. No doubt this is indeed of high quality but it is also *extremely* expensive and likely out of reach to beginners or even long-term hobbyists such as myself. Again--nothing wrong with showing the Hakko iron, but also give an example of a more sanely priced tool as well for those of us who can't afford £120 or even £60 for that matter! For instance the entry-level example given in the description is pretty good and could well have done with an appearance in the video itself, as could one of the reasonably priced but still decent quality Chinese stations. I know professionals in electronics who never used anything but a directly mains-powered, thermally balanced iron through their entire life. Otherwise a great presentation. I just wish Colin had his own channel!
I'd argue that for anyone who is looking to do electronics at today's scale, including surface mount components, Hakko's FX888 is about as cheap as you'd want to go, and an excellent choice no one will regret. It's about $100-$110, which I would not call extremely expensive. The cost is comparable to that of any decent power tool, like say a Makita 18V drill. Hakko has $2500 soldering irons for people who do this for a living. The soldering iron is your main tool as an electronics hobbyist, cheaping out on it will affect absolutely everything you build or repair. Trying to do everything with a single 25W mains-plug iron is, IMO, a mistake of false economy; you'll lose the difference in cost over your first couple of weeks, as ruined boards and components, wasted solder, and by spending 5 times as much time fixing and debugging your bodge jobs than if you had a good tool. When I was a kid, I could get by with one 25W Radio Shack pencil iron too, but those were the days of discrete, through-hole components only. I can't say that I'd want to use that today on something like a microcontroller or TSOP IC. And on that note, a lot of people are going to find out pretty quickly that they need a hot air station too; soldering is not just for irons any more!
Waw, this was just perfect. In addition, the Matrix.
Well tutorial. Thanks
This as a great video with perfect pace and presentation. Nice work! Cool tunes as well, I bet they're from someone in house at Adafruit, are they?
Fan of your videos
Collin is back! Yay!
this is such a good video
Thanks Collin! 🖖
very helpful - thank you
you make exceptional videos and complete to the tiniest ...finest detail....the most interesting thing though is that you are.....''seriously'' funny something very difficult and very rare.....cr7 bless you...!!!
I DEMAND MORE COLLINS LAB! \o/
perfect stuff. thanks
YAY!!! COLLINS LAB!!!
this is really helpful because I'm doing electronics in high school
MAKES SOLDERING SIMPLE AND FUN !
what is the joint is smooth, convex but matte....not shiny. is that a bad solder? your vids are great...helpful!
We used this at #shemakes Melbourne yesterday and it was great. No one needed a real human to show them. Great video, saved a lot of time.
New Collin's Lab!!!!!
I swear!...hes in "The Matrix"!
"Mr anderson"
Pfft he IS the Matrix.
He sounds more like the narrator from Twilight Zone.
Me sorder
More Colin!
Enjoyed that. Very Educational and sound track is quality :)
Quality stuff.
Creepy and AWSOME! Keep up the good work!
The MiniPOV4 looks cool, when is it going to be available???
Very helpful
Great stuff good lessom
What kind of iron do you have 15 watt or higher but a link would be great
You have no idea how many time i watch soldering video just to prepare my first time soldering my broken mechanical keyboard
Best video on soldering ever!
more Collin's Lab!
nice video
awesome !!!
YAY collin. instant like!
What lead solder do you use? Any other good lead solder?
Any of the pros watching have a guess at the width of that screwdriver tip or a recommendation for a tip for a newbie to do some through-hole projects? My new hakko station came with a conical tip.
What is he using to hold the pcb board?
This guys the reason I got a soldering iron
☝🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👌🏽 The most concise and useful video I’ve seen in regards to soldering.. Am I the only person that thought this video had some discreet humor which I found to be hilarious 🤔🤣 Stay classy my friend, I appreciate the educational video