Tue May 30, 2006 5:56 pm by reaver77
Here's a tip for you all on Soldering.
Go to the dollar store.
Buy crappy radios, lights, etc. (Things with chips are better though)
Buy Iron.
Buy Solder.
Buy Flux.
Buy Hammer.
Open crappy electronics (with hammer, or a screw driver if you are all careful and stuff..)
De-Solder Stuff and solder it back.
Do this for a bit until you can do it without frying stuff.
Practice makes perfect..
But seriously, if your gonna solder for the first time REALLY do the above a couple times, it will help. Also Have a little clothe or paper towel or something handy. Wet it down so it is damp (not soaking wet), and after each solder joint 'put the fire out' so to speak, or in other words use the damp clothe to cool the joint.
Ohh and be Quick. Don't linger on the joint or you'll fry the chips..
The best solution is to have a friend or a shop you can go to that knows what they are doing.
But really even though it has been said, many, many MANY times before...
Isn't this one of the coolest things to come along in the last little bit? I mean homebrew and ISO's are cool and all, but this will make it SO much better..

Reaver
