Surface Mount Soldering 101

[damnthistinleg]

A wonderful tutorial but please, can American schools start teaching pupils to pronounce the 'L' in solder? While they're on, teaching them to pronounce the second 'i' in aluminium would be good.

[ChrisMP1]

@damnthistinleg No. Stop complaining.

[kunakos]

very useful, thanks!

[MegaSmiley]

Very good instructions.

[Pimpelmace]

Wow thx very clear and informative video :p Hope i can do this , not really a pro at keeping my hands steady :p

[matt013077]

Great video!

[SwisssBolla]

5:12 That's magic!

[emoXodus]

great video, im not much of a solderer, but i have known that someday il have to do it with with all of my many advanced electronic projects, now i am confident that i can do it, thanks stumbleupon

[laurensweyn]

this is a truly great tutorial! beautiful video quality, clear instructions, accurate-seeming information and amazing detail! one small question: how do you keep a steady hand when working with these small components? thanks!

[CuriousInventor]

@laurensweyn Best tip is to rest the side of your hand on a table... and lay off the coffee :)

[herauthon]

A nice clean video with a large learning content - for the beginners and for advanced in electronics. The showed methodes and tools give more power to the DIY as professional technician - I hope to see more of these videos.

Another thing learned today - added to the list.

[johnnytheprick]

after pulling apart and old compac armada laptop and discovering its intricate workings, i accidently eased off a surface mount resistor (well i think it is). being 40, my eyes are what they used to be.

rather than use the components for devices other than their intended purpose, i felt it dutiful to at least give the old girl another year before i gutted her for experimental devices, then i landed here and thought: "WOW!"

these types of vids are few and far between. brilliant!

[johnnytheprick]

@johnnytheprick ........so much so, i had to watch it again.

[adminjohns]

I know this video is almost exactly 4 years old, but it's one of the best tutorial videos I've seen online. The pacing is perfect, speaking is even and easily understood, work is excellent. I just recently got involved with PLCs, and with them the many circuits that are necessary to build to effectively use them. With training as a Computer Engineer and programmer, I was curious to see if I could find any pointers on my soldering...I couldn't have asked for me than this video! :)

[Miroslawsnketr]

thx ;]

[joske447]

this will come in handy next semester

THX for the video

[TheJennetteFan]

660 fahreneith is better

[AzBirdDog]

Awesome. I always thought that it was impossible to do by hand.

Thanks for the vid upload!

[dimpsyxx]

This is a quality video. Comfortably-paced, informative and thorough. The camera/editing work was also spot-on. Great video!

[Ledsmoke]

Thanks for going over this in such a easy to understand way. And wow, your hand is rock steady :-)

[Qbranch1024]

Thank you for making this video! It's very helpful.

[heyzenith]

this is not what a human being can do.

[charlieone48]

Great video! I was searching for a video exactly like this. It was informative and easy to understand. The demonstrations were great.

[5kcsqt]

Great video. I could watch those quality of tutorials all day.

[YTusername1992]

its not 'sodder' its SOLDER!

[M3ta7h3ad]

Bloody great video! :)

Always wondered how to do this.

[IBMClynes]

Very Well done tutor

[omni96]

Such a great quality video and very clear explanation too!

[SchizophrenicCookies]

Who would have thought that Chuck Norris has a hobby in electronics

[94vujke]

I'm curious where did you get those board for practicing? Very good video, thank you!

[Valicore]

Wow, that was a really, really awesome! Thanks for taking the time to make the video!

[Kankki1]

Drag soldering is eez :)

[0x777]

This is a really, really great resource on SMD soldering.

And it served to convince me that I'm by no means ready to head for SMD. This is just way above my abilities when it comes to soldering or electronics.

[amirnoman]

Love u .. u r GRATE MAN,,

[virgogreg]

Bravo! cheers

[AWhite6982]

You rock!  Thanks so much for your vids, its helped me out alot!!

[theonelinerkid]

ive tried soldering thin wires onto a board and i put solder on the chip but the pins stick together how do i fix it?

[otamanlvhs]

Excellent videos.I was wondering,is it possible to mount those chips in some other way without solder iron?

[IBMClynes]

Well Done Video, Well Planned & Executed !

[timbobel]

Really great video. You forget to mention what to do with too much flux? it's highly corrisive over time.. right?

[MrJones706]

I broke out laughing while watching this video. You have such a steady hand. If I were to attempt your techniques, I would look like an epileptic in full seizure. You are awesome my friend.

[RenegadeFury]

NIGGA YOU ARE THE BEST TEACHER

GIVE THIS MAN AN AWARD

[DjRaveKing]

You would need extreme stability of hand to do it without magnification !

[NeMewSys4]

At first soldering surface components was hard. After this video, I can do it while i lunch.

Thank you so much!

[MYDRAGGIN84]

can u do a video on how to solder a wirechip

[nexothesmodrastica]

This is one of the best instructional videos of any kind that I've ever seen. Fine video, complete and clear explanations. I'm very impressed.

[KIFulgore]

Does the flux help keep the soldered pins from sticking together? I always end up cross-soldering adjacent pins :/.

[ChayD]

Super vid, thanks!

And, hands up who pressed the dislike button - this video is professionally recorded, scripted and narrated, what on earth is there to dislike?!

[sordfishlovesyou]

Great video, thanks!

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[WoodsyDotOrg]

Soddering? SoLdering. Silly yank.

[AxelTiger]

Cheers for the tutorial mate! much appreciated!

[daviddanielgraham]

Thanks! I was able to put together the Elenco Surface Mount Function Generator kit together, a requirement for my 100 level IPC certification courses, and we had no previous instruction in SMT soldering. Your video was the only prep I had other than seeing pictures of what proper joints look like, and it was a successful endeavor. Thanks!

[oidium45]

THANK YOU!

[caramba10]

Thank you, clearly explained, off to repair my TomTom mini usb :)

[LU8HRW]

Very nice video!Thanks

[daviddanielgraham]

What temperature is your iron set at?

[Lindeborg73]

@daviddanielgraham 610F (321C)

[daviddanielgraham]

@Lindeborg73

hmmm.... That's a fairly low temperature... I suppose it's the combination of small solder diameter and the small diameter of the the leads... When doing through hole I usually push about 800 F. I usually use a larger diameter solder, also... Time for some Kester .015?

[daviddanielgraham]

@daviddanielgraham Thanks btw for the advice! :D

[TroyOi]

Just gotta say I have viewed thousands upon thousands of YouTube videos, but never before have I learned so much from just one video. Thanks!

[hopdoehop]

tnx om

[IIDMII]

Beautiful work!!!

[frequencydrive]

Damn this is a great video! Good work!

[h23sirlude]

thanks

[e30dan]

Surgeons are cowboys, in comparison :D

[joetylerdale]

Wow, I did not know this type of soldering was possible at a consistent level!

You should have been a surgeon!

[willy71220]

Great Video. Hope I can learn to do it. I am 72 years young...

Willy

[letigirl62]

Happy New Year!

I have a dilemma. I'm trying to repair my iphone sim connector. I have solder with rosin, and also silver bearing solder. They both bead up when I try to apply heat. I do have liquid flux, one with and without rosin. Your input would be greatly appreciated. I can't afford to waste more money. Do you think I can use what I have? Thank you

[lnswkll]

эх на русский бы кто перевёл

[TheIntrovertive]

Thanks to CuriousInventor that is, not to the idiot who posted before me.

[TheIntrovertive]

Thaaaaank Youuuuu!

[meatloaf666999]

He made that look way to easy.

[pbhasker326]

Thanks a lot. Great video

[philipralph]

Your skill makes it look *way* simpler than it actually is, but your explanations made it slightly less dreadful for me, so thank you!

[riscy00]

what this stuff that brush over the pad, what he shopping list from Digikey including cleaning

[479Rod]

Sir, you are an Epic WIN @ soldering and teaching!

[eddiequest4]

I REALLY hope you're NOT going out of business. Just checked out your webpage. So much is out of stock. Any clarification on that?

[retsamegar]

HOLY SHIT!!! THIS GUY IS SOLDERING BETTER THAN A ROBOT.

[floydfreak63]

CuriousInventor, you are a soldering nerdgeekguru! Wow, thanks.

[kendelarosa5357]

Wow!!! Amazing... To think i used to believe that soldering very small surface mounted chips are inhumanly impossible - so said by my prof...

What's the name of the bronzed coloured 'textile' used to easily 'absorb' solder out..?

[konayasai]

@kendelarosa5357 It's called solder wick. It's made of copper.

[dalsrdotcom]

i fucking love this channel

[peterlonz]

This guy is the best. He presents great videos with excellent definition & clear audio backing covering most of the techniques most of us wish we could master.

I doubt I'll be doing this anytime soon but at least now I can consider my options & recognise the gear I may need & the pitfalls.

Keep em coming you are a natural deserving an "Electronics Oscar".

[hamnose]

This is so appreciated. Great video. This seems a good place to ask: Why is it so difficult to solder video cards, motherboards or other new circuit boards? I clean the area to be soldered as much as I can but the solder seems to have an extreme aversion to the joints and after they have touched the board even to the component's leads don't take kindly to the solder. I have used anti solder compounds before but this is ridiculous. How is this? Older boards don't do this.

[CuriousInventor]

@hamnose Older boards may have built up corrosion and require more aggressive flux. Try some water soluble stuff, but be sure to wash it off.

[lurch1ful]

@hamnose

Older boards were made of a preformed phenolic sheet, upon which a copper sheet would be adhered and acid etched into a circuit map. As designs became more complex, a multiple conducting layer bonded laminate was used in place of the preformed phenolic. these newer boards are coated with a clear acrylic skin that must be removed, as it is meant to be a barrier between the actual circuits and any foreign conductive debris i.e. dust, and solder.

[TyraMysoux]

@hamnose just 2 ideas about this

Maybe because of the lead-free solder on recent boards and/or those extreme ground/vcc layers that abduct the heat faster than your iron heats it.

[mrigom1]

a big hang for this guy he is the best repairer in the world i think.recommended to watch his videos very cool and extreemly helpful once again recommended.

[ethanhines]

that's just ridiculously small soldering you won't see me doing that anytime soon!

[blackout57]

Realy good soldering toturial !

[SuperInverted]

great video.

[Nadrealis]

I'm just starting my education in electronic technology and I will be doing a lot of soldering and watching these surface mount soldering videos make my heart stop :(

[casper123]

Helpful thanks.

[CDMCSD2]

Soldering QFP 208 or 204 can be easier and faster with a large drop of solder

on the tip of the iron, and hovering on all the pins several times. This will automatically remove bridges, and most likely 2 or 3 pins at the end of each row

will have a bridge, which can be easily removed using a clear iron tip, or soldering wick... It what i always do, even with TQFP144 which has thinner pins...

[ForViewingOnly]

Excellent video, really useful, thanks for uploading. (Seems strange to me to hear the word 'solder' said as 'sarder' though)

[FarCriedOff]

@ForViewingOnly I don't know why but it seems all Americans call it SODDER now, and it is starting to grate, it is SOLDER "SOUL-DAR" ,hang in there, don't let them destroy another good word. LOL.

[ForViewingOnly]

@FarCriedOff It's true! It just doesn't make sense, where's the logic? I bet they don't say "I've got one brother who is younger than me, and one who is 'odder' (or 'arder') " ?? Who makes the decision over there to mutilate words? Still, it was a very helpful video :)

[FarCriedOff]

@ForViewingOnly Yes I think it is a good helpful video as well, except for the word "sodder" it is now on every video with an American accent and it is doing my head in.

[240SSONLY]

great video chief... seriously... pro job man

[hotchk155]

Superb, thanks for posting this

[ewetubevideos]

I can't tell you how much I appreciate this video!

[MyJk552]

Thanks, I finally soldered a SMD today for the first time using this video. The directions made it sooo easy.

[moeshakur88]

awesome job..liked it

[adadmwz]

Płaskim grotem o szerokosci 3 nawet 4 mm takie rzeczy sie lutuje a nie pałką. niekóre układy mimo że odstęp miedzy nóżkami jest ok 0,5 mm mozna lutowac przeciągając cyne na grocie po nóżkach układu. Ale wprawe trzeba miec nie powiem sam 2 lata do tego doszedłem. Lutowanie smd to trudna rzecz i trzeba miec pewną wiedze

[oysterlicker]

Wonderful video. Very helpful. Never knew it could be done by just hand.

[OzClawhammer]

As someone with no interest in electronics and barely able to hold a steady conversation let alone a micro soldering iron, I had no reason to watch this video.... and yet was totally blown away.. awesome job. If only more youtube vids were this good!

[brandonkearby]

Never thought that was possible by hand. Awesome video!

[jpmorgan187]

Excellent!

[Viniter24]

No way I could solder like that. I would overheat that chip before finishing a single side!

[dancinlemur]

Absolutely fantastic video, extremely clear and full of useful stuff..

[Thetruthishere11]

Soldering iron is going extinct in this video.

Maybe need a jewelry laser welder.

[Grousuba]

thanks that was really helpful

[TheIndustrialphreak]

about 4:00 is nowhere near class 2 soldering skill. those fillets look rather oxidized.

[csgod0]

great video. i've been soldering for years ,and this really buffed my SMD/SMT skills. You have mad skills to do that without magnification

[polemicvs]

An outstanding video, thank you for posting!

[MrJANTJE123]

your awesome

[RenegadeFury]

ur videos are amazing

[twsol]

Very nice. Do you have a starter kit available that includes the iron in the video?

[mace386]

nice

[MokousSister]

Those are sweet joins man.

[thanatiko]

im a profesional and i can only say bravo!

[skyJets]

Soldering God! :P

[efiscp]

Looks so easy but i'm sure it isn't. Respect!

[treborrrrr]

@efiscp It is actually easier than one might think. I'm not saying it's easy, because it isn't, but many hobbyists are scared to try SMD soldering because it looks so difficult. With practice this type of soldering can actually be easier to do than through hole in some cases. Give it a try, it's fun :) Just don't forget flux, flux is good, flux makes me happy, flux is great, did I mention flux? :P

[canaanav]

fANTASTIC VIDEO.

[AhmedHan]

Great video, thank you so much!

I want to ask one thing, I'm new to SMD elements, What is that liquid named "flux", where can I buy it?

[dastirthankar]

Thank You for this great Tutorial.

[ncodeca]

damn very very nice instructions and technique, keeping this for reference:)

[NobodydiesInHere]

You are a soldering Master!!! RESPECT...

[Envergure]

Good grief, how is your hand so steady?? Mine would be shaking the iron all over and probably knock pins off the chip :( Is there a way to make my hand steadier? Maybe lots of practice will do it.

[RetroRepair]

@Envergure Diazepam? lol

[mattpanther444]

another great technique for QFP with many leads is using a mini wave tip. i find that once you get used to the tip, a 208 pin component can be finished in a matter of 2 mins

[probatista]

Great video, thanks a lot. :)

[rdt1970]

nice vid video

[mdentari]

Excellent narration. Clear and concise instruction. Thanks for your generosity and a general thanks to all Youtube posters for sharing your wealth of knowledge.

[pcb1962]

Superb video, thank you.

[dennism407]

I 'm almost ready to try this. I would really like to see how you do surface mounted chips using a stencil like they have at Polu.

[MrHamiltonTV]

Very good I'm a makin an avr xmega powered PDA sort of thing and I needed to know Hamilton web and robotics solutions thanks u

[Mykola40]

The video is great!

[weerpool14]

Could you make a video on how to solder my wife's mouth

[cookiekiller26]

lawl

[BoltAndPennyFan]

hahaa XD

[RDCST]

@weerpool14

You can not solder your wife's mouth, you must to keep her mouth busy, call the milkman. :P

[trinislobo]

@weerpool14 lolll!! youre funny man ahahahahah good 1

[JJengineering]

@weerpool14

What the hell man? :) why solder it? just staple it it's simpler ;>

Greetings & respect JJ

(just joking ...;))

[ebreis7]

@weerpool14 Whoever invents such a device will become a quick billionaire ;)

[maloy117]

please show a video how to solder wire to hook terminal. im learning to solder and i dont know how to hold my wire? and please show also how to do thermal stripping too. thank you.

[h2oextremepcs]

Your slodering skills are amazing. I wish I could solder like that, but I guess with the right tools equipment & a bit of practise I could be nearly as good.

[dannypanchiao]

The video is great,but how about 0201 parts?

[k313k]

I'm ANSI certified for all forms of SMT and I absolutely hate 201's. 402's are hard enough, why must they make them smaller!

[dannypanchiao]

I agree too ~

[RetroRepair]

To replace you with a machine sir.

[kirkb4u]

can anyone tell me doesnt the heat screw up new components like the SMD IC's

[InZdust]

This is awesome! I wish I could solder like that...

[PhasmatisApparatus]

Pro video quality, great guide!

[cybanva]

Was just tested for a tech position and I have to say, I paint fantasy miniatures...man, I thought THOSE were small. These people are willing to train and, having never done this before, I was shown "the basics" of it before I was let loose to try my hand at it. Sure wish I had watched this damn video before hand because the "basics" I was shown made it seem MUCH harder than this. I did ok, but a little messy. Watching this first sure would have helped :(

[afxgrin]

Flux Pens are nice, but if you don't use it often, the flux may dump out all over your work as the tip breaks.

[daxweb]

great quality!

[ganzter123]

what:s

[turf7227]

ugh i hate surface mounting... through hole is so much easier.

[KidRondeau]

AWESOME!!!

[uriahsky]

It seem to me there are tons of videos on soldering or removing SMD chips but none on finding out which chips are bad so that you know which ones to remove and replace.

[fourbarposer]

Guess we'll get them when either replacement chips get expensive (unlikely atleast for consumer stuff) or labor to do diagnosis gets cheap and plentiful. I've found some old books about troubleshooting appliances but in this age of complex tiny cheap throw away china made stuff it doesn't make much sense. If you love diagnosing what the real root of the problem is, better work at some software or ic design company I would think.

[supercellwish]

Absolutely fantastic mate. You make it look so bloody easy. I just about needed glasses to view the fricking video lol

[popson4]

Thanks this this excellent video! I will certainly be using some of these techniques in the future.

[richardrings321]

GREAT INFO. Well presented!!!

[Scklyb]

Excellent technique on small scale soldering by hand, it's truly an art form!

[ferrisio]

Great video, but what on earth does 'oftentimes' mean? It's a made-up word!

[shawnlalanne]

I start out desoldering the IC then sooner or later rip it out with the dikes. I just don't have the patience or the steady hand I used to. I hate getting old & my soldering skills have tarnished too.

Bummer !

[k8ble]

wish i would of had this type traning in school.. excellent

[088MIKE880]

Thanks.

[088MIKE880]

What a great job!!

I though these components were much more hard to soldering.

I have a cheap 60W soldering iron but i don't know if it is apropriate for this kind of components.

Maybe it's to much hot... :-s

[NutsandGuts]

yes, get a 40W one and you should be fine :)

[Quake120]

Your soldering skills are second to none. As somebody who is just starting out soldering through-hole components, I can see I have a LONG way to go before I can even try SMT. Thanks for the tips and advice and keep up the good work!

[jkgamm041]

Scott,

You are a true credit to soldering technology. I encourage you viewers to view all of his videos. This gentleman is a professional and one of the best in the industry. You are in very good hands.

John K. Gammell, CIT

[maXim0200]

Brilliant video THANKS!