I used to do a lot of building, but its been quite a while.  I do not like
the wrapped solder technique as it tends to form a loose solder connection.
I have soldered two wires, terminal stripts, socket pins, coax
connectors,and even printed circuit boards, but I must admit that the pc
boards are the hardest to solder do to the potential of forming solder
bridges on the board.

There are two ways that have worked for me.  The first and the one that I
like the best is to use a soldering gun.  Put the gun tip on the connection
to be soldered.  With your other hand, touch the solder to the connection
next to but not touching the gun.  That way, the connection is melting the
solder and not the gun.  Press the gun's trigger.  As soon as solder melts,
the connection is soldered, remove the gun immediately.  Larger connections,
of course, require more solder before you remove the gun.

The second way is for small wires and parts.  Attach a small clip to the
connection.  Touch the solder to the connection.  Take the hot soldering
iron and touch the clip and follow it down to the connection.  When solder
melts, the connection should be soldered.  The clip might be soldered to the
connection also and you might have to heat up the clip a little to remove
it.

That's my two cents on the subject!  If you want to solder, pick parts that
are expendable and experiment.  That is how I learned as a kid.  One time I
had a high pressure capacitor blow up in my face, but since I can't see
anyway, even though I got some stuff in my eyes, it didn't hurt and it sure
didn't effect my vision.
Bob Tinney, [log in to unmask]    , K8LR
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From: "JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 5:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Handi-Hams] soldering techniques for someone who is blind
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Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 16:01:42 -0400
From: Scott Howell <[log in to unmask]>
To: JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [Handi-Hams] soldering techniques for someone who is blind
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I've been successful at soldering to a point. I can tell you that combining
two wires together is rather simple. I have found and this might not be the
best soldering technique, but twisting both wires and a piece of solder
together works well.  For attaching something to a peg if you will, you can
generally get away with wrapping the wire and solder to the peg and
applying heat. That works well with soldering plugs like quarter-inch or
1/8th inch plugs. That's about the limit of my skills.

good luck


At 01:55 PM 9/25/01 -0400, JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON wrote:






>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 13:51:36 -0400
>From: JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Blind-Hams For blind ham radio operators
>     <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: soldering techniques for someone who is blind
>
>Good afternoon everyone I am only wondering if there are any special
>techniques for soldering when you are blind?  It has been mentioned before
>but not talked about much.  If there is a technique at all oae some things
>harder to work with then others?  Any information would be appreciated,
>and thanks in advance.