Introduction
Through hole soldering is when you have parts that go through metal holes in the printed circuit board
Nearly all my kits and other simple projects are done using through-hole parts. Practice and master this skill first, then you can move onto more advanced techniques!
Tutorials
I could make my own tutorial but seriously, there's so many good ones out there already, it's probably a waste of my time! All of these are really nice. Don't forget that you still need to practice if you want to actually get better, though!
- CuriousInventor has a really nice detailed tutorial with lots of pictures and video.
- SparkFun has a step-by-step soldering page
- Here is a good PDF on how to solder, very recommended
- If you've never soldered before, this set of soldering videos from NASA may do you right! (Very high quality, six steps to great soldering)
Finally, here is a blip.tv video about How to Solder/Desolder (starring Bre & Joey G) more overview of everything, but doesnt have as many close-ups as the above videos
In this Make: Video Podcast, Joe Grand shows us how to solder and de-solder electrical parts.
