Learn to solder electrical components to circuit boards and join electric wires. This 3-hour course introduces the tools, materials, safety considerations, and skills for making sound soldered joints. You’ll learn important safety practices for handling high temperature tools, use of appropriate PPE, all done in a ventilated environment. You’ll hone your new soldering skills through a series of practice exercises using electrical circuit components.
P rice includes a $10 soldering kit.
About the instructor:
Preston Haynes is a machinist, avid skateboarder, and one of Factory 3’s longest-term members. A native of Waterford, he worked as on New York’s Long Island producing aeronautical parts using specialized computer numerical control machinery. Haynes returned to Maine in 2019, and early in the pandemic, developed a facemask with intriguing, innovative features that allow the wearer’s face to be seen while preventing the common problem of fogging.
