If i can do it anybody can.
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Rather too late for Richard but I agree absolutely with all this, except that the soldering iron will have to come from Amazon.Dr Bunsen Honeydew wrote: ↑Sun Feb 22, 2015 10:37 pm OK the tutorials are good, BUT what everyone needs to know is that if you solder a wire to a plug you are doing it wrong. 1/ You apply clean flowing solder to the things you wish to join (tinning) 2/ Place them together in contact 3/ Apply the iron without extra solder until the solder *already* on the items flows into one.
AND make sure you keep your soldering iron tip clean and bright and tinned.
Don't get a mains iron get a Maplin cheap temp controlled soldering station.
Forget silver solder when learning, the stuff is a pain in the arse for beginners, forget the warnings and use tin/lead solder.