What you’ll learn:
- The basic metallurgy of solder.
- How to make a solder joint.
- How to repair a circuit board.
The vintageTEK museum is a geek’s paradise to tour if visiting the Portland, Oregon area. The museum has working products from about the first 50 years of the company. It’s open on Saturdays and gives tours to individuals and groups upon prior request on other days.
The museum also hosts a YouTube channel that has some interesting stuff on it. While many of us know how to solder, the book-learned folks yearning to actually build something, along with emerging hobbyists and budding engineers of all ages, could use some soldering tips (pun intended).
So, here are a couple of videos (courtesy of TEK museum) that serve as excellent learning material on soldering and board repair:
...and, because I’m a 10-year-old at heart, here’s a bonus Tektronix video for your amusement (our layout techs used the Tek 4012 in the early 1980s to do circuit board layout, hosted by a DEC minicomputer):
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