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In this video I want to show you the basics of soldering wire. The first step with something like this is
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to twist the wires together. Before you solder you want the joint
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to be physically connected. Cut off the frazzled end. Solder for this purpose is a combination of lead and tin. This is a soldering gun
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You pull the trigger and in a few seconds the tip heats up hot enough
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to melt the solder and to heat the wire so the solder is going to melt and flow into the pores
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So the first thing you want to do is to heat the wire so that it's hot enough
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that the wire actually melts the solder. There