It's The Return (for those who didn't know)

If you grew up learning how to solder on Heathkits (like I did), They are coming back!
Watch the Heathkit web page for information.
Also - if you click on the FAQ link, you can find a link to their survey so you can tell them what kits you would like to see.
Let's see now... What to build first...
Rob

Cory_K wrote:
I think you are much too young to have ever built a Heathkit. Nearly every one of their assemby manuals included step by step instructions on how to solder. If I recall correctly they even produced a little brochure containing only those instructions. They were the best instructions I have ever seen on how to solder. I think they omitted steps 2 and 4. They did have some good pictures of the results of steps 3 and 6 under "Bad solder joints."
In 1947, Heath introduced its first electronic kit, the O1 oscilloscope that sold for US$50
Yep, that was a bit before my time I was born in the late 80's, didn't touch my first soldering iron until probably 2008!
I learned the old-fashioned way: by making dumb mistakes while giving a physicist and an electrical engineer something to laugh at for a few afternoons.
"The bigger the Glob, the better the Job." You omitted- the step about what type of things to say while running cold water over the 3rd degree burn on your finger. (The MOST common learning moment for novice solderer's)
Jeff

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For those who install FinalCut on there MacBook....

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