Soldering Basics
K7UAZ's in-person soldering outline.
Equipment:
soldering gun - wattage, tips, adjustment of tips, cleaning
soldering iron / pencil -- wattage, various tips, replacing tips, cleaning
Solder
Types of solder: 60/40, plumbing, rosin (purpose)
Diameters and applications
Safety
Eyewear
Positioning equipment and tooling
Exercises:
Cleaning the soldering tip (both gun and pencil)
Stripping and tinning wire (multiple times)
Joining two wires; two different alignments of wires
Tinning wire; bend into loop for terminal end under screw
PC board -- through hole soldering with pencil
Removing solder from a joint: vacuum; solder wick
Supplemental Soldering Article By Roy Hartcopf, VK3AOH