How To Solder Properly, With Extra Tips!

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  • čas přidán 3. 07. 2024
  • Learn how to solder correctly. In this video, I teach you some tips and tricks as well. To Learn more about electronics, check out my Patreon page and join the crowd, click here: / mrcarlsonslab
    * Video build time: 7 days.
    * Number of individual videos within this video: 11.
    * Video Length "total"- 22 Minutes.
    * Video format as uploaded: AVCHD 264 Codec, 1080P60, 28Mb/s.
    * Video size as uploaded: 4.15 Gigs.
    * Camera: Canon EOS C100 Mark II.
    * Lenses used:
    - Canon EFS 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM.
    - Tamron 16-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD Macro.
    * Mic: Custom Mr Carlson vacuum tube condenser mic.
    * Audio processing: ART Voice Channel. All audio processing is done on the analog side.
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Komentáře • 469

  • @roahnosh
    @roahnosh Před rokem +3

    This 5 year old video is better than most videos about tip maintenance. It's on point.

  • @nickblackburn1903
    @nickblackburn1903 Před 6 lety +121

    This is like watching Bob Ross teaching Soldering, great videos man. :)

  • @AxelWerner
    @AxelWerner Před 6 lety +22

    always cover my soldering tips in solder before puting away saved all my tips for more than 20 years now. still as good as new. quality education and tools made in germany.

  • @peterjansen5498
    @peterjansen5498 Před 2 lety +4

    So nice to hear Solder rather than Soder.

  • @RandomCapeDude
    @RandomCapeDude Před 2 lety +11

    I've been soldering for a few years now, and I just found this video today. I wish I found it when I started, you really explain things well and in depth. Love your videos

  • @nathanas64
    @nathanas64 Před 2 lety +4

    Thank you !!! For me, electronics is just an enjoyable hobby. Yet learning from a pro is extremely educational and enjoyable !

  • @JerryEricsson
    @JerryEricsson Před 5 lety +17

    THanks a million, I used this method to build a tiny wristwatch kit that was all SMD. It was much easier then I anticipated, in fact I surprised myself when I put the batteries in her and she came to life! I had thought that I put way to much heat through the processor for it to have survived as the pins were extremely close together and I could not tell for sure if I had all the little shorts cleared, I took over 2 hours getting that first chip in, but I was determined to finish the kit even if it didn't work in the end. I am so proud of my work, I am wearing the little toy-like watch as my daily wear now, just to show off that I actually succeeded! Love the videos, I have joined Patreon a couple of weeks back, sadly today when I came for another dose of knowledge Patreon said it was down for maintenance or some such excuse.

  • @carldavis8228
    @carldavis8228 Před 6 lety +10

    The most complete tutorial I have viewed on soldering. Great job well explained.

  • @robertcartier5088
    @robertcartier5088 Před 5 lety +4

    The calm voice of experience. Well done!

  • @6A8G
    @6A8G Před 6 lety +9

    Another outstanding tutorial. I wish my teachers in the '70's were as good as you. Thank you so much for another brilliant post.

  • @JoaoPedro-ki7ct
    @JoaoPedro-ki7ct Před 2 lety

    I like how the size of the room and the tools and the framing, make it look like he is inside a rocket. 🚀

  • @crocellian2972
    @crocellian2972 Před 6 lety +3

    Welcome back! We missed you but support you in what you had to do. Oh, and the video is great too.

  • @lordpolvo222
    @lordpolvo222 Před 5 lety +3

    Thanks for uploading this video. I just purchased an iron and some other gear to start learning (just for personal use) and this is the most informative video ive seen so far! you are very calm and easy to listen to and explain everything very well!. Thank you

  • @uh6537
    @uh6537 Před 6 lety +4

    Yes! A new video from Mr. Carlson! Xmas came early this year!

  • @deathblowhere
    @deathblowhere Před 6 lety +6

    As always, thank you very much, Paul, for the great video!
    I can't stress enough how important is to wet an iron tip before turning a station off, so next time you'll turn it on, a tip will be precoated with some solder, drastically extending its lifetime.
    Cheers!
    Phil

  • @smokemirrors1531
    @smokemirrors1531 Před 4 lety +2

    i really like your calm voice mr carlson. easy to listen to

  • @maeltill
    @maeltill Před 6 lety +1

    Many great tips, and so relaxing to watch. Thanks!

  • @wildcat189
    @wildcat189 Před 11 měsíci

    Brilliant. I can't believe how small that last component was!

  • @hightttech
    @hightttech Před 6 lety +1

    Mr. Carlson, i couldn't agree more. I have preached to colleagues for years about protecting their tips with solder while iron in standby, but they look at me like i have OCD. My tips are beautiful after years of service while their tips look like hobbyists' tips. I will be sending them link to this video. Cheers

  • @abisaiamatalo2769
    @abisaiamatalo2769 Před 6 lety +2

    Great videos. I always watch them. Thanks.

  • @unlokia
    @unlokia Před 6 lety +31

    *_"So you've purchased yourself a brand new soldering iron, what's the very first thing you should do before turning the soldering iron on?"_*
    Well, if it looks like that, *return it.*
    😂
    Jokes aside, Paul, you are an absolute *master* of your art. Thank you so much - watching your videos always reminds me of the coziness of Christmas (since I first discovered your channel last December.)
    God bless you Sir!
    Matthew, England.

    • @MrCarlsonsLab
      @MrCarlsonsLab  Před 6 lety

      LOL, That iron is definitely no super model. Thanks for stopping by Matthew!

  • @TheRadioShop
    @TheRadioShop Před 6 lety +47

    Very nice tutorial Paul, Thanks for sharing your skills.

    • @MrCarlsonsLab
      @MrCarlsonsLab  Před 6 lety +3

      Thanks Buddy!

    • @justinkinter8651
      @justinkinter8651 Před 5 lety

      Mr Carlson's Lab hey there, I had a quick question on this if you could help me out, i fell asleep with my little miniature synthesizer in my lap last night and it fell off and accidentally broke what appears to be the headphone amp out of the casing, so I decided to solder it back on, now normally I’m a welder this was my first time ever soldering, it was a surface mount board and I really just let the iron get hot and ever so slightly touched it to the old beads while at the same time adding a single drop of rosin core to ensure the contacts on the amp were covered, when I plugged my headphones in, It Worked! But then I watched your video and saw that you recommended always using flux for surface mount, you think I’ll be okay in this case? Normally I wouldn’t worry so much but this little guy set me back $1,500 so I have a vested interest in keeping it out of harms way

    • @wyattarich
      @wyattarich Před 2 lety

      @@justinkinter8651 as long as you believe you've got well bonded joints it should stand the test of time. The flux is for getting the solder to flow into joints easily, you don't always need it.

  • @TheOnlyOwnedbyCow
    @TheOnlyOwnedbyCow Před 2 lety

    This seems like a video that should be shown in any electronics class. Very thorough.

  • @billk5727
    @billk5727 Před 6 lety

    Good tips and procedures to follow here. Anything to do with soldering creates a lot of opinions and ways to do it.
    Thanks Paul and take care,
    Bill

  • @PKpops
    @PKpops Před 5 lety

    Very thorough and wonderful video. I learned a lot.

  • @trondam
    @trondam Před 4 lety +2

    WOW! What a workstation 😮👍😍

  • @darrencox2372
    @darrencox2372 Před 4 lety +2

    Great and very helpful video, hopefully my soldering skills will improve now I know we're I've been going wrong. Thanks.

  • @CatsElectronics
    @CatsElectronics Před 3 lety +2

    Hakko iron with Weller stand... best crossover :P

  • @catchmanas
    @catchmanas Před 5 lety +2

    This helped me to do soldering thanks Carlson's

  • @ne2i
    @ne2i Před 6 lety +3

    Thank you for this, and the upcoming Desoldering video. My 808 is waiting!

  • @billybob915
    @billybob915 Před měsícem +1

    At school in the Air Force in 77 we spent two days exclusively on soldering.The class for NASA certification was two weeks.

  • @101appsCoZa
    @101appsCoZa Před 4 lety +3

    great tutorial on soldering for beginners!

  • @yardleybottles6025
    @yardleybottles6025 Před 5 lety +3

    Mr. Carlsons lab is actually the mothership!

  • @bobdunn345
    @bobdunn345 Před 6 lety +9

    Been waiting for ever..I dont even do this stuff but love your videos there very interesting please keep em coming

    • @MrCarlsonsLab
      @MrCarlsonsLab  Před 6 lety +1

      I'm working on that, Patreon is helping with the time issue.

  • @rebelba42
    @rebelba42 Před 6 lety +5

    Great explanation and lots of useful tips. RA Type flux was the best tip ever! As you said: once you get started with SMT you will never go back to THT if not necessary. Many thanks for sharing this and what you do for us on Patreon as well!

    • @MrCarlsonsLab
      @MrCarlsonsLab  Před 6 lety +3

      Glad you enjoyed the video Ralf! Having people like you on Patreon makes the platform just that much better.

  • @luisdardis5223
    @luisdardis5223 Před 6 lety

    you are an incredible professional, thanx

  • @idahosagebrush5662
    @idahosagebrush5662 Před 6 lety +3

    Thanks for the good tips. I learned good things and I've been soldering for over 50 years..
    One "trick" I learned about doing repairs on lead free solder joints is that by adding a bit of lead solder to the joint can help make de-soldering faster and easier. A few months ago I had to replace the antenna connection in a Yeasu FTM-100D radio and that made it go much quicker to be able to get the heat out of the area. Was an SO-239 soldered to a big pad on the board edge that sucked up heat like crazy.

  • @ignatiussilveira4257
    @ignatiussilveira4257 Před 11 měsíci

    Really good teaching. Thank you for the valuable information.

  • @Bodragon
    @Bodragon Před 6 lety +1

    Thank you Mr Carlson.
    I really enjoyed this video.

  • @billyeast6819
    @billyeast6819 Před 5 lety +1

    Always great videos!

  • @problematic_canik
    @problematic_canik Před 2 lety +1

    I really enjoy jessa from ipad rehab. After watching this video I have a new knowledgeable professor available. Thank you.

  • @stevewilson8267
    @stevewilson8267 Před 5 lety +2

    I very much appreciate your videos. I am a beginner need fundamentals.

  • @tonycolbourne7694
    @tonycolbourne7694 Před 4 lety +2

    Great tutorial for a newbie like me. 👍

  • @insylem
    @insylem Před 6 lety +1

    I'm glad I found this video. I was just soldering stuff at work today and was thinking that I could use some soldering refresher tips. Thanks :)

  • @CNKayutube
    @CNKayutube Před 6 lety +1

    Solid advise as always! Have a great Thanksgiving !!

  • @bundylovess
    @bundylovess Před 6 lety +1

    Nice video mr Carlson big thumbs up mate

  • @joemalone3099
    @joemalone3099 Před 3 lety +2

    One of the most skillful and knowledgeable in the field..and your teaching ability SIR is remarkable and captivating. Thank you so much SIR

  • @andrewdelvecchio4459
    @andrewdelvecchio4459 Před 3 lety +1

    Hello again. I watched this video on my pc at work. I will be changing the way I solder from here on. Thank you so much for sharing that info.

  • @kashmir1504
    @kashmir1504 Před 4 lety +1

    Mr.Carlson thks for the tip I did exactly as per tutorial and all is good

  • @robohasse997
    @robohasse997 Před 2 lety

    I'm learning a lot from your channel, so great to keep these running in the bg while i'm working. I can't always pay attention to every bit

  • @geojor
    @geojor Před 6 lety +1

    very good instruction, thank you ...

  • @levi2bear
    @levi2bear Před 3 lety

    What a great touch

  • @choimdachoim9491
    @choimdachoim9491 Před 3 lety +1

    I always dipped the soldering iron tip and the end of the solder in flux before what we called, 60 years ago, "tinning" or coating the tip with solder. I've only soldered a few connections during the past 40 years so I appreciate the tip about "don't file the tip." They were all just plain copper in the olden days and filing was a necessity.

  • @materialsguy2002
    @materialsguy2002 Před 6 lety

    Great information and tips Paul, thanks.

  • @JaredElliott1
    @JaredElliott1 Před 6 lety +1

    Very nice instruction. I've been doing some things wrong the whole time...LOL! Thanks for the video!

  • @woodywoodlstein9519
    @woodywoodlstein9519 Před 5 lety

    This clip is worth watching more than once.

  • @robertcaffrey6097
    @robertcaffrey6097 Před 5 lety +1

    Hi Mr Carlson thanks for the great vid and tips, by the way I like the look of your spacecraft control panels.

  • @cameronrich2536
    @cameronrich2536 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Awesome tip

  • @colintran6876
    @colintran6876 Před 3 lety

    A great tutorial help. Thanks 👍😜😎🤓

  • @iamsuengas
    @iamsuengas Před 6 lety +2

    Thanks for your advice and tips mr. Carlson I really do enjoy all your work clean precise very educational thanks again for being a great teacher.
    have a great Thanksgiving

  • @369gems
    @369gems Před 6 lety

    GREAT videos. Thanks.

  • @chitkoko2526
    @chitkoko2526 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you so much for your videos.

  • @garyzeger8120
    @garyzeger8120 Před 4 lety +1

    Thank you Mr Carlson.

  • @philswede
    @philswede Před 4 lety +2

    Greetings from Sweden 🇸🇪
    Great channel!
    You just got yourself a new subscriber 🤖

  • @boogiewoogie2010
    @boogiewoogie2010 Před 3 lety

    Good work dear Mr Carlson ! keep it going... (watching from Singapore)

  • @thomshere
    @thomshere Před 6 lety +1

    Thank you so much! GREAT tutorial!

  • @miroslavbencic9582
    @miroslavbencic9582 Před 6 lety +1

    Hi Mr Carlson's Lab, this video you posted 21.11.2017 exactly on the day of my 40 birthday :-) date as well as a demonstration of how to properly solder me was pleased! Thank you Mr Carlson's, a great video!

  • @jamespaterson7597
    @jamespaterson7597 Před 6 lety +1

    thank you mr carlson

  • @danielsaldivar5844
    @danielsaldivar5844 Před 5 lety +1

    Thank you so much.

  • @Dinco422
    @Dinco422 Před 10 dny

    Insanely good tip for people that solder: Make a mini bobbin of solder around your soldering iron tip and when it heats up everything will melt evenly = thus perfectly tinning your tip.

  • @NickMoore
    @NickMoore Před 6 lety +1

    Here I thought I knew how to solder, lots of good stuff!

  • @roncooke2188
    @roncooke2188 Před 3 lety

    Great video thank you

  • @unknownhicks6473
    @unknownhicks6473 Před 2 lety

    Ik this is 4 years late but thank you for this you explained it excellent and showed different types of soldering not just one I want to get into soldering and this helped out a lot and gave me a lot of inspiration. If you see this I have a few questions.

  • @trig6712
    @trig6712 Před 4 lety

    Excellent and amazing. thank you

  • @TheMechatronicEngineer

    Great video!!

  • @tinkmarshino
    @tinkmarshino Před 5 lety +1

    dang son... you have some darn fantastic vid's.. I even went out and bough an old tube radio from the early 50's.. But I think it a to much of an ammeter to attempt a rework of it.. do it sit's in my shop and I listen to it while I am out there for as long as it will work.. it hums rather loudly as I go down the dial but the upper stations come in fine thanks for all of your hard work my friend..

  • @drewsmith6066
    @drewsmith6066 Před 6 lety

    Good video thanks for the info.

  • @electronscape
    @electronscape Před 6 lety +9

    "you sneeze and this one disappears" HAD me laughing forever! LOOOL

  • @sammychiba86
    @sammychiba86 Před 6 lety +1

    Man you're like a surgeon...good stuff!

  • @bobbymcgee6827
    @bobbymcgee6827 Před 5 lety +1

    Suscribed! Thanks for your professionalism

  • @willgreen5104
    @willgreen5104 Před 2 lety

    What a setup

  • @gabevee3
    @gabevee3 Před 5 lety

    Very good tutorial on soldering. I agree with you regarding not necessarily having to wrap the wire around the tube socket connection lug. I read in an article there the writer claimed that one needs to wrap the wire tightly to get a good metal to metal bond because solder is not glue. I thought and wrote him that no solder is not glue... it is weld. I had another discussion years before that when manufacturers were using wire wrapped studs for the wiring that no, even though it seems to make the metals bind, and that the edges of the studs seem to bit into the wire, there is still a little gap between then and will oxidize. I have myself improved the performance of those components after a few years by soldering them all. That idea of wire wrap connecting only lasted a few years. It was a bad idea especially in computers.

  • @henrybartlett1986
    @henrybartlett1986 Před 2 lety +1

    Wonderful.

  • @greghardy2676
    @greghardy2676 Před 2 lety +1

    Great Video

  • @jeffmoss26
    @jeffmoss26 Před 6 lety +1

    very nice video!!

  • @emmettturner9452
    @emmettturner9452 Před 6 lety +4

    Another message from Mr. Carlson's space capsule! ;) Houston: We have a signal.

  • @samdeur
    @samdeur Před 5 lety +1

    after months of research.. i finally found two good Soldering irons.. one is the TS100 that brought me to the direct heating element.. that is the heating+temp is all in the tip.. i found a different STM32 based station.. and got one that hasen't a build in power supply this was by design.. as i bought the best laptop power supply i could get my hands on... i could use that to also power my second STM32 (ship) based soldering iron..
    and a found that certain aliexpress vendors sell extremely good tips.. the reason why i needed a different station from the TS100 was that i needed i smaller chisel tip. as i like to build my own keyboards..
    this was an awesome adventure really love soldering.. for those getting in to it.. try buying a few practice kits on aliexpress..start with the hourglass kit ..good luck

  • @Bass.Player
    @Bass.Player Před 6 lety

    Very good, Thanks...

  • @michaelknight2897
    @michaelknight2897 Před 5 lety

    I am having trouble soldering the 12 gauge power wire to a quadcopter 4n1 ESC power inputs. I have watched many of your video, including the one on solder. I have ordered some items, I think you have given me some great advice. Thank you.

  • @sharryhope
    @sharryhope Před 6 lety +1

    excellent!

  • @G5Hohn
    @G5Hohn Před 3 lety +1

    For those big chassis grounds, some pre-heat with a heat gun (equipped with a concentrating nozzle) can make a huge difference. Hit it with the hot air for 30-60 second, and you might find you can use a basic 70w-80w station. Preheat really does help, if you can just knock most of the chill out of the primary sink points.

  • @metaxa715
    @metaxa715 Před 6 lety +8

    almost 1000 views in almost one hour...... Congrats Paul !

    • @warplanner8852
      @warplanner8852 Před 6 lety

      Metaxa 7..and who in the hell would down-vote a video like this?

    • @metaxa715
      @metaxa715 Před 6 lety

      Minecraft kid or so....

  • @peteb2
    @peteb2 Před 6 lety +1

    Neat... a Hakko iron fits into an olde Weller stand... good to know!
    One thing i see is just about every instruction video on You Tube for soldering seems to be hit with "that's wrong", "not how i was trained", "i'm a trained and qualified...." "you're not right on the..."
    For myself and what must almost be nearly 40years in electronics where i have been soldering together so many components in repair to design prototype, wire ends, wire to wire joins , smd manual prototype and smd replacements all the way through to solder-joining large aluminum cable clamps to copper lands on heavy guage circuitboards, i've never personally had a failure. OK i don't have to work on really specialist stuff as example medical or aircraft where i can see a real reason you need to have passed some kind of ability test but at the end of the day its about technique and putting it into all together each time you make that join. Knowing and understanding what's going on is probably a good thing too. (i've heard people say things like letting the solder dry... which says to me they don't understand what's happening)...
    Mr Carlson has shown us his well learned techniques he uses to ensure a close to 100% so-perfect-that-it-doesn't-need-to-be-discussed-kind-of-join. I must add though that like almost everything in life it pays to PRACTICE and PRACTICE purely to keep your skills experience up so you don't skip any of your learned techniques in what is almost a Craft next time you bring out the iron...

  • @naderhumood1199
    @naderhumood1199 Před 5 lety +3

    V nice Sir. Thank you very much vedio is helpful. .appreciated 👍need some more vedio .

  • @autocadwiz4103
    @autocadwiz4103 Před 5 lety +1

    Thank you Sir

  • @rickgoebel6724
    @rickgoebel6724 Před 6 lety +9

    Having learned old school point to point soldering I can tell you what i had been taught. Wrapping the lead around a standoff or terminal is to ensure good mechanical connection so that you are not relying on just the solder to provide strength to the joint. Solder is there only for the electrical connection and continuity. Another thing to keep in mind was that I learned this in the military in the early 70's. Electronic equipment took a lot of beating and vibration hence the mindset of really making sure the components never ever come loose.

    • @mikesradiorepair
      @mikesradiorepair Před 6 lety +3

      Rick Goebel
      Couldn't agree more. Solder should never be depended on for mechanical strength, especially todays brittle lead free solders. Wrapping the lead around the terminal is a important part of making a strong mechanical connection. Learned that in a NASA training video at electronics course in high school Vo-Tech in the 80's. If the teacher caught you not wrapping the wire around he would give you a good slap on the back of the head.

    • @philmann3476
      @philmann3476 Před 6 lety +5

      Nearly fifty years ago, when I was first learning this stuff, my dad, who served as a radar technician on a carrier in the Navy in WWII, emphasized the importance of always making a solid mechanical connection in wiring as he had been properly taught. On a warship, where getting bombed or torpedoed was a very real possibility, this, of course, made a lot of sense and could well make the difference between victory or defeat. More recently, and given the realization that the stuff I am now working on is unlikely ever to face such potential abuse, I am resigned to simply sticking component leads through lug holes, or making a casual half-wrap, and soldering away. It might not survive a nuclear blast, severe earthquake or other calamity, but it sure makes taking things apart much easier. Oh, well.

    • @mikesradiorepair
      @mikesradiorepair Před 6 lety

      Phil Mann
      But in mobile two way radios I see broken out solder joints every week. The introduction of high speed wave soldering destroyed solder connection reliability in my opinion.

    • @shmehfleh3115
      @shmehfleh3115 Před 6 lety +1

      I think Senor Carlson himself once pointed out the pitfalls of wire-wrapping point-to-point connections too tightly. Yes, it helps maintain solid conductivity in the short term, but the constant physical tension in the wire eventually fatigues it to the point of failure.

    • @graemescott990
      @graemescott990 Před 6 lety

      I agree with what you have said but one other point that wasn't mentioned was pre-tinning of the components prior to soldering. When the components have been lying around for a while you get surface oxidisation. If you don't either remove this manually or pre-tin (therefore using the flux in the solder to chemically clean the lead) you can end up with dry joints. I notice in the video that there is a blow hole evident on one of the legs probably as a result of this.

  • @keithg01
    @keithg01 Před 5 lety +1

    Greetings from a regular viewer. I don't know if you would have the time or interest, but I could use some advice if don't mind. I burnt up the instrument cluster of an old Honda CRV that I had purchased for my Daughter by trying to replace burnt out lamps with LEDs . Even though I tried to be careful and check polarity, I failed to realize to so called replacement lamp sockets had double metal contact wings that scratched into the double sided circuit board, causing instant smoke when I applied power. Believe it or not, I was able to solder small jumper wires passed all the burnt up traces. Everything works now, all lamps and gauges with the exception of the fuel gauge which works but fluctuates erratically at times. I narrowed the area down to some very small SMDs which look like three pin transistors but I can't identify them as there is only "1G" stamped on the back. I also tried Google for a component diagram from Honda with no luck at all. I would just buy a new one, but I want to learn how to repair electronics, and I made it this far with a magnifying glass, multimeter, and a soldering iron. any suggestions ? I could use help identifying and testing these tiny components and where to find data sheets. Thanks

  • @ibrahimkocaalioglu
    @ibrahimkocaalioglu Před 4 měsíci

    I am an smd fan as well. My limit is 805 :) I love your work Mr Carlson.

  • @gacha24
    @gacha24 Před 6 lety

    I use very cheap iron for couple of years now, I clean old solder off with wire sponge and then touch the wet sponge for extra shininess, I never wet the tip before putting it in the holder and it still looks and works like new :)