18 Feb
2010
18 Feb
'10
8:40 a.m.
On 2/17/10, Tony Duell <ard at
p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
A friend of mine was a 3rd grade teacher, and one or two of us would go
in and help them build code practice oscillators. We really didn't have
much trouble with solder joints after we showed them how to preheat the
joint and apply the solder.
The biggest problem at first was getting them to touch the tip to the
joint long enough to heat it to the point the solder would melt when
applied.
The second biggest problem was getting them to realize that the color
codes on the resistors actually meant something as to where they were
inserted :).
> >> From trying to teach soldering,
the
> >> unforgiving nature leads to student frustration.
>
> I am suprised. I've taught dozens of people to solder over the years, and
> every one had success within half an hour.
More particularly, I've taught several people over the past few months
how to solder at a few workshops. I've had mixed results. All were
enthusiastic, but not all were, in the old vernacular, "mechanically
inclined".