Soldering 101 - 5 tips for great results
In this video, I'll go through some key areas you'll need to know and understand to get great results when soldering. I learned to solder years ago and was fortunate enough to have been educated by a computer manufacturer. Those lessons have served me well over the years, but as I started doing more and more soldering lately, I realized those early lessons served me well and are still relevant today.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:34 The purpose of flux
1:02 Proper flux removal
1:40 Cleaning your iron tip
2:01 Proper heat transfer
2:32 Best tip temperature
3:01 Avoiding component damage and tip selection
3:47 Lead-free vs lead-based solder
4:32 The importance of good mechanical connections
4:05 Desoldering
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I have just installed a new neck pickup on my telecaster........2 wires, one minute job turned into a nightmare. Eventually nailed it but set off my carbon monoxide alarms. So know i sit back and watch this video, something i should of done an hour ago before commencing on my frustrating mess. What an idiot i have been today. Clean clean and clean again. Thank you.
I have made so many mistakes as I started on this road to guitar repair, I'm still in the early stages, so I know what you mean. One thing I'm good at is the soldering part, so I figured sharing that expertise might help a lot of people. I have a Gretsch that I'm installing a new neck pickup in and will do a video on that and also share some mistakes I made with another project on that instrument. That's how we learn! Thank you SO MUCH for the watch and the comment!
Planning to do soldering as a hobby by reparing gaming controllers. Thank you for this guide!
My pleasure! So glad you found it useful!!
Awesome information my friend
So glad you found it useful! Putting some new pickups in one of my guitars and will post a video on that soon!
Working on volume and tone pots with a Strat and a Tele in the background. AWESOME!!!
Thanks so much man, so glad you found it helpful, the comment means a lot, provides inspiration to do more so thanks! Some actual uprgrade vids in the works... Soldering is my strong suit so I'm leading with that :-)
@@takefivewithtom6683 FYI, watch out if you use D’addario strings. Something has changed and their all treble now. I thought I had a grounding issue. It was both guitars. Then the amp. It was fine. Looked online, the strings, a lot of people had the same issue.
Have a wire off my active passive switch on my bass
Cool! Good luck!!
Thank you! Just learning so this was super helpful.
Hi David! So glad that you found it useful! Really appreciate the feedback!
2:55 celsius or fairenheit?
Fahrenheit… so sorry and good catch! Will be more aware of that in future vids! Thank you for watching!
2:51 856 Front St, Quesnel, BC V2J 5X9 British Columbia I ill expect a tracking number so it can be tracked Thank you son
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