Thread: Soldering - Have we lost our personal connection with electronics?

but where is the fun in that?

where is the fun in not doing anything yourself xD?

No fun in repairing my computer, only playing the games my repaired computer can play. Why should I work for something myself when I can pay somone else to do it?

This is just how I see everyone elses thought process.

Originally Posted by no-name

No fun in repairing my computer, only playing the games my repaired computer can play. Why should I work for something myself when I can pay somone else to do it?

This is just how I see everyone elses thought process.

yep I know but there is something gratifying about knowing you were able to fix something yourself and mod something yourself.

Yes we can!

No one wants you to be self sufficient. The myth is that the more we pay other people to do things for us, the better the economy is. If everyone can just do things themselves, then no one will be paying anyone else to do anything and the economy will collapse! What they don't tell you is, since you don't have to pay for people to do stuff for you anymore you will be able to save your money for more important things. The individual gets rich if they save their money. The government and large corporations get rich when money exchanges hands. Their answer is to keep money in exchange for stupid little transactions in which nothing is really gained as much as possible.

I learnt how to solder in school just two years ago

you lie!

I've never had a case where I had a problem that needed soldering.

But I mean...most people would rather spend a little money paying someone else to do a job than try to do the job themselves and screw something up making them have to spend much more money than they would for the cost of paying someone else to do it.

But the real problem, I would imagine, is the lack of knowing what soldering is for. Is it just connecting stuff to other stuff?

Originally Posted by Sandform

Is it just connecting stuff to other stuff?

Yes. Yes it is.
As blunt as it is, soldering is a pretty basic skill, it's like welding, but with tiny wires.

reminds me of this
http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ad.php?t=43557

Was never really any good at soldering
my hands are too big and shaky

I have no problem with paying someone to do any electronics work
I think it's more important to have a good knowledge of electronics rather than the skill of soldering

the thing that pisses me off is that now, nowhere make custom cables for you
in the days before digital video, I wanted a VGA -> SCART cable
it's easy to do, the pins pretty much map from one to the other, only needing a tiny circuit board with like 3 components to convert the syncing signals

I bought the cable, connectors, board & components
had it all drawn out, showing the connections, and locating the circuit board inside the Scart head
but nowhere I went would actually assemble the thing for me

Originally Posted by no-name

Yes. Yes it is.
As blunt as it is, soldering is a pretty basic skill, it's like welding, but with tiny wires.

My dad always fixes broken electronics with his soldering gun.

It is a lost art, but a lot of stuff isn't as easy to fix as a few wires being out of place.