Basic Soldering Lesson 1 - "Solder & Flux"
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You must go "old school" for a straight forward, no bullshit explanation. Thanks a lot for posting this.
Yep, that's where things have headed. Fluffy bullshit to hide the fact that the emperor has no clothes. I was 10 when this video was made, and it's brought back memories and the realization that sometimes too much info/noise is not a good thing.
Back when people didn't need to be entertained to learn something
I share your sentiment. All the old car commercials, military tutorials etc. seem to focus much more on the hard facts and science behind something. Almost as though they've been made to teach.
Good point! A few years ago Justin timberlake brought sexy back, maybe in 2019 we can bring "no bullshit" electronics back?
Old school is best school
This video is over 40 years old but it seriously is the best one I’ve seen on KZhead lol.
What happened to video editing like this? No advanced video editing tools, and yet, still better than 90% of what's out there. At least in my opinion.
It started as a film and was converted to videotape in 1980. I remember watching this during a Pace presentation at a company I worked for back then. Pace was in and out of McDonnel Douglas all the time. The rep had a special cart to haul around the projector and demo equipment.
Editing video was much more difficult then, so instructional movies didn't use it as a trick to keep the viewers' attention.
it's only 90% better than what's out there now because there's 1000000% more out there.
It's a common theme... many years ago, only experts edited films like this. Today, any schlub can make a KZhead video. Same in the music industry, or other places too. When anybody can do something, the average quality goes down.
@@hxhdfjifzirstc894 I agree with you completely. Goofs who couldn't tell a basic story to save their lives are posting 30 min youtube videos of comperable junk. This isn't just good video its good narrative and story telling.
Damn where is the instruction manual for life like this. Straight the point, informative this was great!!
This is the best soldering tutorial in the entire internet. I remember watching it several years ago. It was so informative and took my skill on a whole new level. Thank you PACE for publishing and keeping this knowledge online.
I will never forget the "2 Sec" because of the way the guy wrote it. Permanently imprinted on my retina.
so refreshing.. there is no "click here, subscribe to my stuff, patreon, like on instagram, facebook, twitter".. no freaking channel intro with music.. we knew how to do shit back then.
I've watched this like 10 times. Why do I keep watching this?!?! It is kind of like a warm blanket to me now.
I mean I even noticed that our host is a lefty.
haha, nice. Yeah those old instructional vids tend to give me a warm and fuzzy feeling too.
It's probably the comforting sound of the mid 1950s American accent which gives you that state of euphoria.
ASMR
It helps a lot that the background sound is removed and only the voice over is heard. Also the redish tint of this video gives away that it's being even more cozy.
you know you're watching an old video when someone tries to convince you of the importance of electronics.
Very true. And on a similar note. You know you're watching a HughesNet commercial when someone tries convincing you of the benefits of internet access. Honestly, at this point if somebody actually requires coercion to consider subscribing to an ISP, they don't need it, and likely can't even use it. Lmao For those outside the US, or otherwise haven't seen these commercials, HughesNet is a satellite internet provider for very remote rural customers (where hardline broadband can't reach), and every last one of their commercials over the last decade vaguely run down a basic list of "appealing" connectivity incentives, for example: Talking to the grandkids. Reconnecting with old friends. They're nonspecific, but they mean Facebook. Finding recipes for cooking. Watching your favorite TV shows, on-demand. And anything else reserved for the eldest of boomers or perhaps time travelers from the distant past, that have never laid eyes on an elecktronomonical whatchamacallit or whizbang doodad beep-boop box. WHAT BRAND OF SORCERY IS THIS?! Very out of touch marketing, one could say.
@@NightsReign i have 2 questions right now, Mr. James 1. Are you german 2. If you are german, do you have the steperd dog of your country
@@uiopuiop3472 Why are you asking those questions?
@@dooplon5083 Do you have the steperd dog of your country then, Mr. Colton? And do you have a say in the matter, Mr. Colton?
@@uiopuiop3472 steperd dog? Is that a thing?
it is extremely professional compare to other tutorial nowadays
I felt like I was in an old basic college class where you watch the lessons from home.
He didn't even tell us to like, comment and subscribe
@@MickV13243or have a cringy and unnecessarily long video intro.
Best voice ever for narrating.
You know that this video had to be originally on a reel to reel film. I can almost hear the projector motor playing in the background. My fondest memories of school involve watching films in the classroom. Everybody breathed a sigh of relief when you walked into the classroom and the film projector was there cause you knew it was time to set back and relax.
Perfectly put !!
LOL. so true. When they wheeled in the TV or projector cart into the classroom, it was a big smile on all of our faces!
That sound, in a warm dark room. Most comfortable place on earth.
Stephen Macomber your comment brought back memories. I also loved it when we could convince the teacher to play the film backwards if we had time after class. That was always funny.
I would suggest putting on kzhead.info/sun/qLCqXcOBjWqqg5E/bejne.html in a background tab while watching this, for best effect.
this is what a 'tutorial' means. just tells you everything you need to know but also keep it not too theoretical.
you have right,i should save this thing instead of thousand movies on external hard
I prefer lots of pauses, hesitations and babies crying in the background, makes it seem more genuine
Oh God! I'm in that good part of KZhead again.
Best Training on uTube on this subject.
What's up with the terminator profile pic
This series is the business. So clear.
phuturephunk I like how they broke it down to a science.
with this kind of teacher, I could become a pro in no time.
Paul Anthony was all pro in the D.C. area.
I was a soldering instructor in the Army and in civilian life. These remind me of the videos we used. They might be the videos we used, I can't remember. Nonetheless, they're the only ones I've seen on youtube that actually show proper methods. For years, I've been recommending them to anyone looking to start soldering prop electronics. Thanks for posting!
23 years and still a useful video ✔
33 years :)
SantaHul Ah yes, right, 1980.
Going on 37 years now. Probably more as I think it was done in the late 70's and converted to videotape in 1980. I saw this back when it was a "New release" :)
Grant Martin It's a possibility then that this is 40 years old by now!
Pace Inc. thanks all of you for the comments received over the past several months. Pace Inc. produced these films, "Basic Soldering" and "Rework and Repair" for the industrial classroom and are not product specific. Pace developed the repair procedures in the "rework and repair" program .Setting new standards for advanced electronics assembly rework and repair. Many new SMD process sheets and the latest 2012 systems and stations are available pace world wide.
I couldn't find your "trainee handbook basic soldering for electronics" referenced in your video, not even on your site. Any idea where I can get a PDF version?
Even after 10yrs ur video are use full
I knew even before I started watching that this is going to be super mega awesome. I've watched several of these older instructional films starting in the 1940s all the way to the 80s and they are all fantastic. Clear, concise, to the point. Thank you so much for this. The internet is a miraculous thing.
+I967 It is so much better than almost all of the newer stuff. Man, people sure forgot how to teach.
It also doesn't help that some people that are being taught don't want to learn. So then everything is dumbed down and super vague for everyone that wants to learn.
I know, super late reply...The fact that you had to use the phrase "super mega awesome" proves the point that we are constantly bombarded by tons of hyperbolic bullshit these days and the only way to cut through it is to be even more "super mega hyperbolic".
@@JVielloIt seems like 50% of the time you have to cut through bs just get to what you want.
nah, it’s because some people trying to make the “average up” they think, calling it “good for average people”, and mess up the whole world… I meant Chinese government.
At first I thought this was some sort of 1970s joke video, but this is 10x more professional and explanatory than any modern youtube clips!!! I totally agree with an earlier comment, this does show America in a golden peak of world-leading greatness. So glad I watched this! Thumbs up for the professionalism of the 1970s!! (I'm assuming its the 70s because of the Saturn V's).
+Domini Studios tru but they didn't mention back then that it's best to use lead free solder as to avoid cancer and leukemia ...
Oh yeah, I believe I've seen him in a video like this before where he was standing in front of a giant, life-size motherboard prop. I was like this is totally awesome!
+Bryan Erquiaga Leaded solder won't give you cancer as long as you maintain proper hygiene and wash your hands after you're done.
It says 1980 @ 0:05 seconds. Nice Video. ;)
Lucy, this is far older than the 70s. It's probably 40s or 50s. (when they used projectors - like the summary says)
I don't know who made those old technical videos but I wish that man all the best in this and next life. God bless his soul for making those so well.
this is actually the best soldering tutorial I've ever seen, and I've seen exactly 3. but seriously, this is fantastic!
Glad there's no one trying to be cool or funny, looking for "followers" on this video. i must say it does look prehistoric but thats why i appreciate it
Thank you . Pace ( William Siegel) is ahead of his time. He invented many PCB rework and repair processes and the equipment to assist the board tech. Best Marc W. Siegel
The best video soldering series I have ever seen. Some things have changed but still good advice. Sure, epoxy PCBs might be more robust than the older boards shown here, but making a good 2 second joint still applies.
wow. this made my childhood interest in soldering alive again. thanks, pace.
The clothes and hairstyles may have changed, but the soldering information here is timeless. My 9 year old nephew is right into technology and is desperate to learn soldering. These videos are just the thing. Thanks Pace!
This is by far the best tutorial available on KZhead!
This video was never aired, but carbon tracing tells us that it was made and released in the late 80s.
paceworldwide I am older and that looks more like the 60’s style dress, music, and sound quality. But I may be wrong, I used tree ring counts.
That's 100% not the late 80s. The carbon dating machine is miscalibrated. That's the 70s latest.
Didn't the copyright notice say 1980?
@ProgressiveG 1980? Volkswagen Rabbit drives by early on in the exterior shots.
Doesn't matter which era it is from as long as its entertaining and knowledge building.....
Old but really gold,, Thank you for uploading this masterpiece..
All this video taught me is that the pace of technology is relentlessness and ever accelerating. It's full of those 1970s simplifications and inaccuracies. Materials Scientists cry when they see this video.
30+years old, and still better than almost every current video i've watched on electronics soldering.
best soldering video ever.
This gets recommended a LOT on r/soldering. You learn soldering a lot faster when you know how to move heat, and how much you require. Good stuff!
I like old school videos and the way they present the information. Everything is explained in details and in certain order. Best video I've seen about soldering.
Just the fact ma'am! ~ Sgt Joe Friday!
I agree. It's great. The next video should show "why did this solder joint fail"? Also "How doing it wrong while connected to components burns up things". I had to learn from real life. A lot of times you don't get an option to disconnect everything. For sure not in space!
People from the past got a better way of explaining stuff, like this one, not like from howcast who just talk nonsense, this is a very good video now i know what's the use of flux, thanks for uploading this video man, this really help me a lot.
That's because they didn't have to worry about entertaining short attention span morons or offending snowflakes...they gave the information and you either learned it or you didn't. School was pass or fail! No one cared how you felt about it, you want to be an electronics tech? Pass! Oh, this is too tough for you? Here's a shovel! ...Good ole days!
Best video on Soldering. Keep it OLDSKOOL (my style) and you cant go wrong with the OGs. Thanks for making this.
I can dig it jack!
oldskool funk Haha
So far the old school videos are the ones that explain well better than the new ones these days.
This old ass video and the guy's voice is both equally entertaining, informative, and soothing.
I love watching these old school instructional videos. To-the-point, pleasant narrator, beautiful hand-drawn animations, nice big label fonts. Old how-tos teach you things without insulting your intelligence.
Clear and concise, no BS or fluff. Thank you for posting.
I really like all these tutorials from 80s.... more helpful in most cases than modern youtubers do.... it is because they take it professionally.
70's
Best 20 minutes I ever spent on the subject!
I swear these old instructional videos are more brilliant than any made these days.
I learned more in this 1 video than I have in the 20 videos I watched before I found this one thank you so much for uploading!
Best video on soldering I've ever seen! + a bit of myth busting is always good :)
I'm 73. Been fiddlin with electronics since around 63. Got my ham license in high school around 65. Last 4 years I worked part time building electrics/ electronics for a local power chair outfit. This job was my first experience with lead free. I still have an older Pace desoldering station shown in the video. I have a Metcal station, several Weller pieces, and some Pace equipment.
They definitely don't make 'em like this anymore. This one video stands head and shoulders above all the other newer soldering videos I've seen. I now know I need an iron with a larger heat reservoir, some flux and a tip with a longer work contact area to get the solder to melt into the stranded wire I'm trying to solder onto some LED strip light pads.
PACE , the Ferrari of the soldering stations
I don't even own a soldering iron or anything like that, but it's pretty entertaining to watch this old school videos ... :D
Wasted almost 8 hours reading and listening to countless subpar youtube "tutorials" which didn't even cover 5% of the info in this wonderful video. Why this isn't the top search result, I'll never know. But I'm so happy I somehow found this video which has answered everything I needed to get started with soldering.
I finally understand the why behind soldering failures. This is by far the best soldering explanation video on the entire youtube.
Best basic soldering tutorial ever!!
Wow, this is super useful. I never knew that's what the flux was for!
Not just for time-travelling capacitors! LOL
This is such good quality... very easy to understand, clear visuals and it's not even in high-def. Proves that you don't need a bazillion pixels to make a good video.
Thank you! I was looking through other basic soldering tutorials and they all treat the viewer as though they have prior knowledge. THIS is the video for a guy that needs things spelt out from A-Z.
watching this video at 2018, just amazed at the quality and professionalism of it!
My Dad did a good job on the text. A big motivator he was. best Marc
Also in 2021
best video I've ever seen on soldering! thanks.
Who the hell disliked this video!? Extremely informative, and will stand the test of the ages.
It's amazing how this tech-related video is more than 30 years old yet still relevant.
Just happened upon this video. Excellent content and a great resource. Thanks for posting it. I will definitely share this one.
that was just awesome i learned more than i ever had googling stuff
I am self taught in stained glass. I greatly enjoy soldering & have a few different irons. I'm not sure few why vintage soldering videos are popping up today, but I'm definitely enjoying it. Other comments are correct. These old videos are fantastic compared to many instructional videos of today.
This is by far the best video ( series ) I ever saw about high quality soldering techniques and the related background knowledge. I love the straight style, no fancy distractions, no useless discussions, there is a right way to do it, and there is a wrong way that is "unacceptable", and the guy is damn right. The underlying technologies have evolved during the last decades, and of course one should keep that in mind and adept accordingly, though the attitude to carefully create a handcrafted piece of solid work is something I often miss these days and I'd really like to see revived. PACE, thanks a lot, you rock hard :)
Thanks for everyone's compliments : This Video on 16mm was first rate at the time sadly the transfers are all from 3/4 U-matic. Pace made this program to many who used them to train employees: corporate and military classrooms. Produced in over 13 languages teaching mill spece class 3 soldering and PCB repair and OEM rework. The program was made in adherence with IPC certifications. Pace equipment is no good without brains behind the tool. Bill Siegel produced this as a product to help sell PACE products, but you will see no actual promotions in it. The programs were a big hit at the time. The beginning of the Rework and Repair program still gives me the chills. It's a powerful motivational speech. I've heard it many times selling it. Now, you as a tech may never have to use this content, you guys are SMD BGA all the way. On Pace's Web site you will see SMD training using their gear. You might see me in a video I made when you search Pace Inc. Some of its content is still good for most SMD work. The skill is some serious shit when it comes to biomed equip. , Avionics or anywhere failure is not an option. Reliability is the key! Much thanks to all of you. Marc Siegel
Fantastic. Good old old school tutorials. What is the name of the narrator?
Mazinga This was a local weather man in the Washington DC area in the 80s and 90s. His name is Paul Anthony :)
+Dean Johnson I've used both and didn't really experience a difference
Dean Johnson which sponge made the tip discolored, brass, steel, or both?
+Dean Johnson I couldn't find a local source for quality items for soldering, either. Try e-bay or Amazon. Both have good-quality solder, brass tip cleaners, temperature-controlled soldering irons, etc.
@@R00kTruth *steel
That intro music makes me want to solder a conduit between the Italian mafia and the Black Panthers!
I have watched 'how to solder' videos all week. By far, this one video is better than all of them combined.
Thank you ... Old videos seem to be much more informative than newer ones.
This is really great. I was in high school electronics shop when this was made. Thanks for reviving it. Any chance that the book mentioned will be made into pdf for us DIY hobbyists?
I just purchased the new Heathkit digital clock. Need to refresh my soldering skills.
Ive can not believe how good this video is! I wish all technical videos were like this! Thank you so much for sharing this!
This is as old school as I can get, and its a good one.
Love the kettle drums :) BOOM BOOM
MUCHAS GRACIAS MÉXICO,,,, CD MX. GRACIAS. 28 MAYO 2018
Wow! This was the best vid I have seen on this. No need to reinvent the wheel with modern videos.
This is BY FAR the best soldering tutorial I’ve ever watched. Wow! Old, And still light years better than most modern tutorials.
No worries. Your not alone. Need info on a technique? or product? contact Pace on the site. Thanks for watching. Marc Siegel
Can't beat the classics
I started watching this as I thought it would be a silly 1980s video, ridiculously out of date and not relevant. now 10 videos in to the playlist and learned so much. Absolutely incredible resource
A few things have changed, SMT rework requires you to use drag soldering now, what old timers would have ridiculed as "solder shoveling" but with tiny SMD ICs there is no other way and they have tips designed for this method now. Also I have found that with very large wire and connectors like 8 AWG and 12mm bullet connectors you sometimes have to resort to tricks like kapton tape to protect against potential solder spill but that's really closer to welding than soldering (some would also ridicule that but I don't feel like being punished for a slight misjudgment in solder amount by having to completely redo a connector)
ive watched this countless times now, its better than BBC1 !!
"Get in and get out as fast as you can!" noted
I have got to do it! Let me know if you are watching this in 2019.
8:20 What an increadible work of art.. a beautiful polar bear made of pure solder! Amazing
Its 2020 and somehow this is the best video explaining soldering vs. all of the new videos and explanations, sometimes oldschool is better.
Cute doggie at 8:19
I used to be observant like that when I was young and not jaded
Amazing vision
Pace: "...on today's technology, like double sided boards" Me: *_Laughs in 5 layer boards_*
You laugh but I worked on multilayer boards on the F/A 18 Hornet which were a 1970's designed fighter aircraft. (Takes 10 years before they become manufactured. In 1987 I was trained on 4 layer multilayer boards, so, multilayer isn't a new thing by any standard.
This is one hell of a video for the beginner! Thank you for making it available.
I've watched a handful of soldering intros, and this is the best I've come across so far. It answered questions that none of the others did.
Sometimes I would like to send this to some manufacturer.
ha! good one; I hear ya
ahhhh. when America was beautiful and intelligent
Don't worry. We'll Make America Great Again.
I 1000000% agree, this is when world was a good place to live in general, just notice with how much effort and care this video was made and polished. Only someone who loves what they do could've made this video and explained it in such detail and such passion. And if I may assume, its made without money in mind. Nowadays its all for money so no, you will never make America great until you teach people that its not all about money.People today are scared and thus angry, they explode easy out of fear and so love is repressed.
"Don't worry. We'll Make America Great Again." No you won't
America needs people with hunger for learning.
juliusvalentinas It’s going to happen, but a price will be paid. That’s why I’m here learning how to build electronics - in preparation.
Possibly the best lesson i have ever received.
This guy knows what to do! Glad we're able to help!
i need that manual
When America was great.
Trump has our back
Like during the Great Depression
@@T3ddy0wns only if your a russian
When America was great. The rich paid their taxes, we built roads, schools, and we went to the damn moon!
bro its a soldering tutorial calm down
I just clicked like like 7 times, this helped me 2 years ago, and helped me now
I learned this and more at the RCA NASA wireman training center back in 1959. I convinced my former student that soldering was an art, not just a ask. I went from wireman to technician, to engineer. In my early retirement years I Taught college students the art. At one time in my life I was promoted from the tech bench to an office admin position. Within a year I was back in the lab teaching techs inspection skills. Electronics was a great choice in my life for me. Every day at work was pure joy.
What, no 1080p??
Look around you. Just look around you. Have you figured out what it is we're looking for? That's right. Solder.
Wow. This archives stuff. The amazing state of the art of a TV set.
Most of the comments are 5 years old, but I agree with everyone about the quality of the presentation: this is EXCELLENT! Too many KZhead "Tutorials" are just awful- poorly organized, bad sound, poorly framed, terrible lighting, narrated with weird stream of consciousness mumbles, ridiculous splash graphics (you really do not need to use EVERY special effects option. No, you don't) that occupy the first third of the video, and finally, NO MORE THUMPING HOUSE MUSIC, PLEASE! There's a rule in public speaking that applies just as well to any presentation, and this ancient video demonstrates admirably: Tell them what your going to tell them- Tell them- Tell them what you told them. I would also add- REHEARSE BEFORE YOU RECORD. If your topic requires graphics, keep them simple and time how long is needed to fully explain your point. This also applies to text-use bullet points to support your voice over. Also- don't waste time with jokes. If your topic is serious, be serious. An orange jacket is optional.
Ride on Brother. I was there when we made it. Marc