I try
Honestly though the respect you have earns on the forum at your age is amazing
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My socks were blown away.
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All i am is someone very passionate about all this diy esk8ing.
I have found a community that i never would have thought existed that i absolutey love. I just thought that reddit was the best it could get, and soo wrong was I.
I have spent so many hours reading, putting more important things i should have been doing aside in order to learn. I love learning.
It was very hard to find lots of this information so i do my best to share what i have learnt and make it easier.
There are plenty more threads i want to create to help the whole community (- Mike beard and a few others 
)
and with all of this mind you, i still have not built my first board.
In fact iâm boardless right now.
In fact i owe Evolve a huge thank you because it is their fault i came here; they boards suck ass and failed me and cost me money and⌠anyway fuck em in the endâŚ
Thank you all! 
And Merry Christmas 
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Dude what? I thought you were older than almost 20 
Because of how mature you do your things and also the profile pic of Werner
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Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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derail, derail, derail a threeeeead. Oh what fun, it is to, deraaail a threead, oh!
jingle bells, jongle bells,
andrewâs ballsâŚ
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Great write up. Iâve been soldering for almost 30 years and am pretty much an expert at mediocre soldering now. 
Thereâs always more to learn and so many useful tips and methods out there. Shame that the original how-to thread was removed to appease one of our most childesh ex-members, but one great thing he posted were these Pace videos. Theyâre super vintage, which is kinda fun, but still very relevant and very informative about not just basic soldering techniques, but also understanding how solder works and behaves, and basics of how PCBs are constructed.
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That was probably me. Those videos are awesome awesome, beats just about all other youtube âhow to solderâ videos. Sooo many hours of pro instructionals for free on youtube.
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Same⌠2 months to go 
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Iâll also start building packs 
Derail incomingâŚ
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Yes, I started with this as well!
They are a must to watch. I just did not add it as I was trying to make a topic with just my explanations and videos so I could create it the way I wanted.
Not everyone (especially some noobs that just want to learn quicklyâŚkids these days 
) unfortunately, wants to watch 20min of how to solder hence my quick 20sec videos.
I will add this to my topic! Cheers!
Soooo true. The new ones are crap. They are all defensive like
ââwell this might not be the best method, but this is what I do. remember there might be better methods ni nana na niniâŚââ
So annoying arghhâŚ
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Alright I did a big update to my orignial post, reformated it and added some missing info.
What do you think? What have i missed?
Cheers to you all 
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Healthier for yourself because you canât âpoisonâ yourself with lead but more toxic for your lungs.
While soldering, the fumes are mostly from flux, isopropyl alcohol or nearly invisible flux residues.
âLead-freeâ is not safer for *you , the person doing the soldering. It is safer for the land-fills and therefore the ground water and overall pollution of heavy metals in our environment, after the consumers trash their electronics in our throw-away society.
You would not want to breathe in vapors from leaded or unleaded solders, or fumes from anything burning, if you could help it.
I suggest to anyone who solder, to work in a ventilated room or to buy an exhaust system
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This is a good recommendation but it has actually nothing to do with leaded/unleaded. The lead wonât vaporize and you canât breath it. The fumes are from the flux. Youâll want to use a fan and/or keep your windows open regardless of whether youâre working with leaded or unleaded.
The main precaution to take when working with leaded solder is to wash your hands thoroughly after finishing work, since the lead is indeed toxic.
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If I have one of those masks for painting and spray painting
Then will that work out
I think it does help. From what I have gathered, the fumes are actually not that much to worry about unless you do a LOT of soldering. Personally, for small soldering jobs I just keep the window open and hold my breath at the critical moments. When doing more soldering, I turn my little fan on.
Careful with the fan though. You donât want it blowing directly on whatever youâre trying to solder since it takes a lot of heat away. It can make a huge difference. I learned that the hard way.
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Thank you for the feedback.
I was unaware that that the fumes was only the flux evaporating.
That also reminds me i must add that washing your hands is a must after touching leadâŚ
I will fix that when i get back home.
Thank you @pjotr47 @janpom
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I donât quite agree with this. The whole point of using the no-clean flux is that you donât have to clean it. 
It is often still cleaned but thatâs mainly for aesthetics.
My experience with Isopropyl Alcohol is that the PCB then gets kinda sticky and stained. Even when cleaning with distilled water afterwards. So I donât feel like it really helps with aesthetics. I donât like that. So I donât clean my PCBs. I just use no-clean solder and wipe the PCB with a dry microfiber cloth when finished to get rid of the tiny solder balls.
It should also be noted that the cleaning is only relevant to PCB soldering while most people will only ever solder wires and connectors where thereâs no need to worry about cleaning.
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Just finished reading. Very nice write up. 
Thanks for taking the time to do it.
May I suggest that you add a solder wick to the list of accessories. Itâs cheap and handy to have around.
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