Soldering basics by WellerTools

Soldering basics - brought to you by Weller Tools, the #1 in soldering with decades of industry experience. In this video we tell you all the basics about the soldering process, what tools and accessories are necessary and helpful. Make sure to subscribe for more soldering basics, tips and DIY project ideas! ⏺️
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[@jlrockafella]

Tig & stick welding is harder but this is a good intro to welding metals👌

[@goodun2974]

Soldering electronic connections has little to do with welding or brazing; nor does it it bear much relationship to soldering copper plumbing.

[@MichaelHarto]

@@goodun2974 soldering, brazing and welding are like one big family of sticking things together with added/filler material, but they all have different purpose and function.
since mainly they have the same goal, once you learned soldering, you get the gist of how to do brazing, and once you learned brazing, then welding.

[@goodun2974]

@@MichaelHarto , I haven't braised or welded anything since high school metal shop (we had TIG and MIG welding equipment in the shop), but I'm familiar with and understand the process! I've also been "sweating" (soldering) copper water pipe since I was a teenager......

[@goodun2974]

@@MichaelHarto , the one thing that soldering, welding, and brazing etc have most in common is that oxidation and oxygen intrusion are the enemy! Cleaning the metals first, and use of appropriate flux (or inert gas), are the key.

[@goodun2974]

At 4:15, the instruction manual says "use a good quality soldering iron" but neither the manual nor the video mentions the importance of tip size, shape, and material; nor does it warn of the prevalence of cheapo, junky tips made of steel being sold on the internet (They should be made of copper for fast, efficient heat transfer, but not bare copper which tends to pit and corrode from the effects of molten solder and flux; high quality copper tips are typically plated with chrome or similar metal that resists solder, except at the pointy of end of the tip, which needs to be plated with iron; iron allows solder to wet to it but will resist the dissolving and corrosive effects of solder. Tips should not be highly magnetic throughout, only at the iron-plated end of the tip. If you buy tips from ebay, amazon, aliexpress or temu, theyll almost certainly be junky tips made of garbage metal. For that matter, pointy conical tips are apparently the defacto standard for tip type included with a new soldering station, even though "chisel" tips are often a better match to the work being done; you'll have to buy them separately).

[@txkflier]

That's a terrible solder joint at 0:37. There's no mechanical connection, you can't hold the wire still enough by hand, and the solder will fracture as it solidifies. Never reheat solder without adding a bit more solder and flux. Don't heat the joint too long after you stop feeding solder.