Would you teach me how to solder like a pro?

Would you teach me how to solder like a pro?

Any tips or things I should look for?

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google it you fucking waste of space

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You can't solder beyond human limit user, that's what machines are for

Hold the tip for maximum control.

Get some flux.
Get some leaded solder (something like 60/40).
Heat the pad and pin/wire at the same time before touching the solder to it.
Remove the solder before removing the iron.

You don't really need a special iron to solder well. You can start with even a cheap 20W iron. It's more about how quickly the iron heats up and how much heat the thing you're soldering will absorb and dissipate. If you're not soldering anything like motherboards then low wattages will be fine.

Probabky have better luck with this thread in /diy/

>leaded solder
Enjoy your lead poisoning

>Would you teach me how to solder like a pro?

You are halfway there if you just avoid ROHS lead free solder

>doesn't ventilate
>doesn't wear gloves

And only when you get really good with it,
buy ROHS solder and train with that.

I hate RoHS. Is there an advantage to it other than lead-free?

Never told you to eat it.

You melt the solder, you don't vaporize it. There's no lead in the fumes, but the fumes are generally from the flux in the solder, which is toxic.

Lead is pretty poisonous. Isn't that advantage enough?

>Lead is pretty poisonous
I'm not eating it.

Implying some hobbyist on Sup Forums will ever solder enough to get more than a couple of soldering iron burns.

You are eating it.
ROHS solder is there from waste disposal reason reducing the dissemination of it in nature and consequently in the food chain.

And again, this applies much more to the industry than to some crappy hobbyist on Sup Forums.

I know the reason why RoHS was put in place, but I recycle my shit. I just wanted to know if it was worth using over leaded.

You generally need a wide array of tips.
Having a single right size can be good enough if you only work with a single component size.
I personally prefer metal pubes over the wet rag to clean the tip, but to each their own.

Oh, and use flux

Solved by disposing of electronics responsibly rather than removing leaded solder.
Considering the amount of other heavy metals and toxins in the electronics anyway.

No there isn't.
It melts at higher temps and it is more brittle.

People don't realize how valuable even old broken electronics are. Literal gold in them.

That's been my impression. Thanks.

-Keep parts and tip clean and shiny. OCD clean.
-Tin parts separately before joining if possible.
-For joining wires, tin first, cut short (1/4" or less) then hold the wires with each hand and touch to a stationary iron.
-If you're having trouble with something, stop and let it cool before trying again.
-A hotter tip can put less heat into parts if you're quick.
-Leaded solder (rosen core) is better, just don't use it on plumbing.

>not using leaded solder
Why make work harder?

t. bigclive