Seems like we stumbled over some converging geek cultural vectors with our Thumbnail Guide to Soldering. It came out at the same time that Bre Pettis was working on MAKE’s solder how-to netcast. They made our Guide into a PDF to travel with the netcast and we’re still getting crazy links o’ love on the Web version. And now, Instructables has declared January “Learn to Solder Month.” They have a page on their site with soldering resources, links to beginner solder projects, and if you post an Instructable geared towards beginner solderers this month, they’ll send you an Instructables patch you can sew onto your Star Fleet uniform, Robot Wars team jumpsuit, or other geekly attire of choice.
But the important thing is to fire up that iron and start polluting the upper and lower atmospheres in earnest. And if you have any questions related to soldering, don’t be afraid to ask.
BTW: I’m working on our next Thumbnail Guide now. It’ll be on Breadboarding. Stay tuned…
