Board Repair Basics #1 - Introduction

Your tutorials really make me feel like I've wasted the last decade of my life at school, you definitely are better at teaching than my professors are

I definitely love that you've aimed this at hobbyists and recommend going cheap on equipment to start, helps give those entry level people confidence that they will be fine to start off with basic equipment instead of worrying about getting more expensive stuff.

I've been watching your videos for a few weeks now but have decided to start at the beginning as my new soldering station has arrived in the country from wish. Happy new year to me, but more importantly, thank God there are people out there so very generous with their time and knowledge. Thank you.

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Simple and awesome intro! Loved it. I want to learn more from you

This guy is an amazing teacher, this is the first video I’ve come across and I can already tell I’m gonna learn so much

I'm only 5 minutes in, and wow! I can't wait to check out more of your channel. And THANK YOU for truly starting with an introduction on budget equipment and scope of the video series... I've done very basic soldering and repairs for years, but always been more of a software guy, looking to learn more hardware repairs and understanding. Ok, onto the rest of the video!

I am loving these basics videos, thanks so much.

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Thank u sir for sharing this, especially for us that dont have enough time or funds to train.

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Love your channel. So informative for an Amature as myself. Many thanks for the great work!

You are very generous with your knowledge. Thank you

Congratulations and thank you for these amazing videos!

I have been thinking of learning how to repair boards since seeing Louis Rossmann repairing them with a 2p capacitor and that's all it needed. Now I've seen your playlist and having watched some of your reviews I will be watching intently. Thank you for posting them.

Congrats on the video! Inspiring tips to start in-depth electronics studies.

I do professional board repair everyday when it comes to soldering irons you don't get more with more expensive ones. The important thing is to get a t12 cartridge style tip that has the heating element in the tip, not the old fashioned ceramic heating element that the tip sits around. There's tons of knock offs that can be had for as little as 20-30 bones. I have a hakko but I almost never use it and use my knock off t12 i got for 25 dollars on amazon. Also for board repair 2 soldering irons is much more valuable than 1 valuable one. It makes removing smd components very easy like smd resistors and leds. A good iron stand that preferably has a spot for brass shavings and a sponge is also a good investment. I don't use my hakko station much at all but I do use the stand.