yep, agreed.
the smith kettlewell technical articles are really very good...there should 
be about 7 soldering articles availible.
They are written for, and by blind people.
I haven't used the soldering tube yet, mostly because I don't have a nice 
work area set up with vice and clamps to hold stuff.
I solder completely free hand which takes allot of practice and patients.
I also use a 30W iron for everything, which means one has to get used to how 
quickly the solder melts and how much time you can keep the tip of the iron 
on a component before it begins to melt the plastic around it lol.
I also have a battery operated small tipped iron for finer work...I use that 
one less because I'm inpatient and I'm rather used to my bigger hotter iron.
Solder size is also important because you want it to melt and only put as 
much solder as you need to make a good solid connection without blobbing 
solder everywhere, and conversely, without having it melt too quickly with 
the hotter iron and flow improperly.
I'm no expert though, and the technical files explain all this much better 
that I.
73
Colin, V A6BS
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Clarence Williamson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 8:18 PM
Subject: Re: soddering?


> Hi Chris and the group,
> Yes, it is possible for a blind person to solder.  I have been doing it =
> for around 40 years.  As far as special equipment, well I use a short =
> piece of stainless steel tubing to hold the solder while I am soldering. =
> =20
> I didn't develop this method.  It appeared in an issue of the braille =
> technical file published by the Smith-kettlewell Institute.  The issues =
> are still available on the web.
> I did a search for technical file and found a listing. =20
> This magazine was published from 1980 to 1998.  It has many very good =
> projects.  Also, there is a very good series on learning electronics.
> I hope this helps.
> 73s,
> Clarence
>
> On Feb 20, 2012, at 8:16 PM, Chris Harrington wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>> I was wanting to see if anyone has developed any sort of system for
>> soddering? I have no useable vision, and was wondering if anyone had
>> any types of guns or anything they use?
>> Thanks,
>> Chris Harrington