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Could you recommend a beginner project for soldering practice or similar?

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dear engineers

Hello I am a student interested in electronics, about aa year ago i decided to boost my interest by learning from youtube e.t.c . but since I have no friends ,neighbours or family that take my interests I never found someone to interact with. Now i finally found element 14 , although I know there are mostly engineers but I hope I might have a good time here.

So can any of you recommend a beginner project cause I am really trying to master soldering (although I have learned more )

Thankyou for your time

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  • in 30 year of teaching folks to solder, only 2 ever were masterful in a day. 
    its more likely, youre going to destroy some stuff, so skip right to it.
    find some old electronics. start by pulling parts. can you remove a capacitor without destroying it, or the pads?
    can you ID the parts youre removing before you remove them?
    once the components are removed, can you still identify them?

    yt aint gonna teach no one pattern recognition, or manual dexterity,
    which are the exact skills proficiency require. 

    dont start with potted electronics. 
    i youre note sure what a part is, look it up, but if you cant find it, who cares we're just partsing out waste boards anyway. 


    ideally, you get so you can remove, all the parts, then replace or reassemble devices. 

    The harder part of this method is commercial electronics use solder with a higher melting point.

    if you go with a more conventional method, theyll say pick some simple lower part complexity project, 
    use lead solder because it melts easy, learn to pool, and bead the solder,

    I taught myself to solder in 1992, when I was 12, after figuring out that while my dad could solder, he as couldn't teach me to solder. 
    there are 1000 methods, and strategies, it might be interesting to see what you come up with. 

    I think you should teach us to solder. 
    go get a toaster oven. 


  • in reply to SensoredHacker0

    thankyou I really apreciate your tip

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