I know that soldering won’t be new to many of our readers, but everyone has to start sometime. Our hope is simple: that this new series of How-To’s will help inspire new and experienced ...

which depends on a little prep work to end up only slightly more complex than soldering to copper. A typical way to make a reliable electrical connection to aluminum is to use a screw and a wire ...

This bonding metal, usually tin and lead, is called "solder." It comes as wire on a spool, heated to its melting point by an electric tool called a soldering iron (or soldering gun). Soldering is most ...