How to Solder Basics | Hardware & Electronics: 01

A complete series on hardware and electronics.

In the first episode we review 3 different irons from the cheapest to the dearest on the market and compare them.

We compare various solders and test the temperature control, soldering capabilities and functionality.

Then we solder together wire in various ways, and show how to solder some basic through hole components.

## Soldering Irons

## Solder

## Extras

[helcopter]

This was a really good instructive video. And how refreshing to have a video in which the presenter isn’t trying to make you buy the most expensive option on the market. Thank you!

[steliostoulis]

Your videos are top quality content dude. You are seriously underrated!

Keep it up, we love you!

[richardhughes]

The best instructional video on the dark art of Soldering (with the added bonus of pronouncing the word solder correctly) 10/10. many thanks

[eyewest]

Thanks for this. I managed my first ever solder job today and it came out perfectly thanks to all the useful info I gleaned from your video 👍

[elzazofuturama]

I definitely enjoyed this first episode.

[kinsellaSE]

Big big help. Soldering iron ordered and will be having a go later this week. Many thanks!

[TornTech]

Love how your expanding your content to all things geek!

[Squancheeb]

Great tutorial! Very thorough explanation and demonstration.
Wish i found this video earlier

[binaryfunction]

Great video, very nicely explained. Never soldered in my life and thinking of having ago for a modification I need to do. The job requires I remove two small resistors and then bridge the gap.

[twothumbsfresh]

dude! First solder session tonight, got the same cheapo kit and it worked great - fixed my AKG headphones, saved me a few quid!

[asokabalage]

Very good demonstration with easy to understand instructions and explanations. Thank you!

[cameronrich]

That last one called the knot z i believe

[PoloABD]

Great that you can pronounce the word ‘solder’. 👍

[xaou]

Thanks for doing this video. Learnt a lot from it.

Sound like your from Stoke (ish) area too, local to me!

Thanks again

[krzysztofmilewski]

Wow, must admit that I'm really impressed, wasn't expecting this at all. Very comprehensive video, covering all key things you need to know when it comes to soldering. Have you considered making a video about creating homemade PCBs as a part of this series? Would love to see that.

[helenebradley]

Finally a video on this by someone who doesn't say "sawder"

[Shawnbfromsd]

Just so you guys know:

You shouldn't use flush cuts to strip a wire, you can already see he's cut some of the strands of the conductors. Which lowers the safe conductivity. Use wire strippers with the correct gauge of wire.

His solder is wicking up the conductor. You don't want the solder wicking past the edge of the jacket. The way to test that is to try to bend the tinned wire at the edge of the jacket. It should be pliable. It 's harder to bend than the rest of the wire, your solder has wicked. Meaning it's more likely to break.

[davemason]

Thanks, this video has been really useful

[s.e.wagger]

Yay!!!! At last!!!! Someone who can pronounce "SOLDER" correctly. (Instead of sod-omizing the word by calling it SOD-DER)

[raviraj_]

Love this video.... Unique one though. I wish you can upload how you style your hair and maintain it? It looks so cool. :)