Practical Caravan

How to solder

WE’VE ALL HEARD of solder, but few of us appreciate what it is and just how much we rely on it. Most of the electronic gizmos - phones, computers, TVs and the like - that we take for granted these days use solder to interconnect their internal components and hold them in position.

Despite this, there are also few people who have much knowledge of basic soldering techniques and how to solder things together.

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