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Title: Soldering advice/questions.
Post by: radio_killah on Tue, 28 October 2014, 12:13:23: I want to learn how to solder and I hear it's easy to learn so I'm asking here for some advice before I start.

I want to buy a nice soldering kit for the long run. Any one have a suggestion for one?

What kind of solder should you use for keyboards?

What other tools should you have handy when soldering keyboards?

Lastly any tips or tricks?

Thanks GH! Cheers.

Radio_killah
Title: Re: Soldering advice/questions.
Post by: radio_killah on Tue, 28 October 2014, 12:14:21: Sorry tapatalk double post.
Title: Re: Soldering advice/questions.
Post by: nuclearsandwich on Tue, 28 October 2014, 12:16:38: mkawa mentioned that there's gonna be a learn to solder kit curated by GeekHackers on Massdrop. It's almost certainly gonna be awesome. There's a ton of good info in The Living Soldering Thread (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=42824.0).
Title: Re: Soldering advice/questions.
Post by: fohat.digs on Tue, 28 October 2014, 12:18:18: This is helpful:
Title: Re: Soldering advice/questions.
Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Tue, 28 October 2014, 12:23:29: Quote from: fohat.digs on Tue, 28 October 2014, 12:18:18
This is helpful:

And I thought I knew how to solder...
Title: Re: Soldering advice/questions.
Post by: radio_killah on Tue, 28 October 2014, 12:29:56: Quote from: nuclearsandwich on Tue, 28 October 2014, 12:16:38
mkawa mentioned that there's gonna be a learn to solder kit curated by GeekHackers on Massdrop. It's almost certainly gonna be awesome. There's a ton of good info in The Living Soldering Thread (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=42824.0).

That sounds awesome. I should probably hit up lekashman for more info then.
Title: Re: Soldering advice/questions.
Post by: SpAmRaY on Tue, 28 October 2014, 12:40:43: Quote from: fohat.digs on Tue, 28 October 2014, 12:18:18
This is helpful:

In all seriousness that's what I learned to solder from. I also watched some youtube videos.
Title: Re: Soldering advice/questions.
Post by: CPTBadAss on Tue, 28 October 2014, 12:42:56: WhiteFireDragon's YouTube keyboard tutorials (https://www.youtube.com/user/WhiteFireDragon) were what I watched to learn about modifying keyboards. His videos covered everything from soldering to switch modding. Really helpful.
Title: Re: Soldering advice/questions.
Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Tue, 28 October 2014, 12:43:46: Quote from: SpAmRaY on Tue, 28 October 2014, 12:40:43
Quote from: fohat.digs on Tue, 28 October 2014, 12:18:18
This is helpful:

In all seriousness that's what I learned to solder from. I also watched some youtube videos.

Safety Tip #1: If you touch the tip, you will let go very quickly!
Title: Re: Soldering advice/questions.
Post by: radio_killah on Tue, 28 October 2014, 12:44:30: This is all super helpful! Thanks guys.

Any recommendations on a $100-$150 kit that should cover everything I need to get started?
Title: Re: Soldering advice/questions.
Post by: CPTBadAss on Tue, 28 October 2014, 12:47:26: Quote from: radio_killah on Tue, 28 October 2014, 12:44:30
Any recommendations on a $100-$150 kit that should cover everything I need to get started?

Wait for mkawa's Learn to Solder kit coming out on Massdrop if you want an all in one kit.
Title: Re: Soldering advice/questions.
Post by: Parak on Tue, 28 October 2014, 13:32:57: Pace (basically what the usa government complex uses) soldering tutorials are still almost entirely relevant, and are quite educational:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL926EC0F1F93C1837