If you’ve ever done any wiring work on a car, you’re probably familiar with this process: Find your soldering iron, grab an extension cable, snake it out to your car and then lie on your back covered ...

My introduction to soldering electronics coincided with a rough patch in my marriage due to appliance failure. When my wife and I got married in 2014, in our quest to save money, we purchased a used ...

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If you have a keen interest in electronics or are a do-it-yourself enthusiast, you absolutely need to have a few tools and accessories at your disposal at all times. One of them is a soldering iron.

Ah, soldering. It’s great for sticking surface mount parts to a PCB, and it’s really great for holding component legs in a plated through-hole. It also does a pretty great job of holding two spliced ...

Soldering is rapidly becoming the skill of a bygone era. Much like the ability to drive a car with a manual transmission, read a map, or write a check, Gen Z is learning less and less about how to ...

I’ve been soldering for a long time, and I take pride in my abilities. I won’t say that I’m the best solder-slinger around, but I’m pretty good at this essential shop skill — at least for through-hole ...

Electrical work on a car is not my favorite way to spend time in the garage. But having the right tools for the job can take most of the pain out of the process. I’ve found a wide variety of deals on ...

Whether it’s a 300-mph fuel dragster, the slowest of bracket cars, a high-performance (or even low-performance) street car, there is one common denominator each of them share: Wiring. Everything that ...

UPDATE (Jan 29, 2025): It has been brought to our attention by a number of readers that the creators of the Jiizer Kickstarter campaign have stopped providing updates on their progress – the last ...

A basic Weller soldering station is all that's needed; I have several, in more or less complete form, laying around on my garage shelves. A wireless soldering iron, whether powered by batteries or ...