Surface Mount Soldering 101

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.

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.

The video is great,but how about 0201 parts?

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!

I agree too ~

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

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

Pro video quality, great guide!

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.

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 :(