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BEST Video Soldering Tips

BEST Instructors have put together video demonstrations of common hand soldering tips and skills. These are not designed to be in place of live one on one training where repetitive skills and subsequent one on one feedback is given. Rather, they are quick refreshers designed to be viewed if a specific skill has not been practiced in a while.  You can view the soldering tips instantly using your Flash™ player or you can download a video file version of your choice for later review.

Our current tip of the month as well as those in the archives are optimized for a broadband connection.

Note: To get the best performance when viewing Soldering Tip video files, we recommend that RealPlayer™ or Windows Media Player™ 9 be installed on your PC. If you already have either player installed, click on the links below to start the videos. If not then click here to download the last RealPlayer™ or click here to download the latest Windows Media Player™. Please note, playback quality will be affected if you are not using a broadband Internet connection such as T-1, DSL, Cable, ISDN, or satellite.  Stop back for new video soldering tips every month!

View Now section of the video tips is designed for immediate viewing only. Please use one of the other two formats available if you wish to save the movie file to your hard drive.  To save other formats, right click on the icon next to the Video Tip and select "Save As..."

Lead Free Soldering					Through Hole Techniques
Video Tip	View Now	Real Media™	Windows™		Video Tip	View  Now	Real Media™	Windows™
Lead Free Gold Cup Wire Insertion (4 min. 15 sec.)					Through Hole Component Prep Prep Pliers Method (4 min. 02 sec.)
Lead Free Gold Cup Preparation (5 min. 28 sec.)					Through Hole Component Prep Xmas Tree Method (4 min. 59 sec.)
Lead Free Through Hole Soldering  (7 min. 50 sec.)					Flat Lead Desoldering Method (4 min. 29 sec.)
Lead Free Multi Lead Soldering (7 min. 25 sec.)					Desoldering SOIC Tweezer Method (5 min. 13 sec.)
Lead-free Point to Point Soldering Technique (4 min. 11 sec.)					SMT Tips
Lead Free Tacking (Part I) (4 min. 36 sec.)					1206 Installation (2 min. 44 sec.)
Lead Free Tacking (Part II) (11 min. 22 sec.)					SOIC 14 Installation (3 min. 40 sec.)
Lead Free SOT23 Installation (3 min. 11 sec.)					0805 Installation (2 min. 57 sec.)
Lead Free 0603 Installation (2 min. 54 sec.)					0402 Installation (3 min. 01 sec.)
TSOP32 Point to Point Method (3 min. 23 sec.)					BGA Site Preparation (2 min. 39 sec.)
Chip Preparation--Wet Tack Method (4 min. 15 sec.)					Pad Preparation (2 min. 44 sec.)
Lead-Free SOIC 20 Installation (1 min. 45 sec.)					TSOP32 Installation  Multi-lead Method (3 min. 59 sec.)
					TSOP32 Installation Drag Method (2 min. 56 sec.)
					Chip Component Prep--Bump Tack Method (2 min. 05 sec.)
					Chip Component Prep--Dry Tack Method (1 min. 44 sec.)
					MELF Removal (1 min. 38 sec.)
Miscellaneous
Solder Tip Rinsing					PCB Corner Repair (3 min. 36 sec.)
Soldering Tip Maintenance (5 min. 33 sec.)					Plated Through Hole Repairs of PCBs (2 min. 55 sec.)
Solder Bridge Removal (2 min. 20 sec.)					iPod Video Tips Here