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Hello Tyler, You can find a 7 part series on soldering for blind folks, and another multi-part series "from paper to project" which discribes how we've worked with electronics building at: http://www.ski.org/rehab/sktf/index.html This is the archive of The Smith-Kettlewell Technical File, a journal that was published here from 1980 to the late 90s by and for blind electronics amateurs and professionals. Most of the techniques detailed are still quite usable, although the move to surface mount components has, as yet, stumpped us. Building bread board gear on "vector board" with holes and no copper traces is by far the most easilly accessible technique if you're a total bat. We've worked with printed boards, but one needs a detailed discription of what goes where and it's neither faster nor easier than other systems. Check out the articles and I think you'll find the techniques that can, with practice, make using a soldering iron as easy as using a screw driver. I'd be more than happy to answer questions or help in any way I can, it's part of my job, and I love helping blind folks learn to work with electronics anyhow. Don't hesitate to contact me, on or off list. BTW, I'll be on vacation from work next week so somewhat less available till July 22Nd. Have fun! Tom Fowle WA6IVG Rehabilitation Engineer Smith-Kettlewell REhab Engineering Center San Francisco 415-345-2123 [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________ NOD32 3255 (20080709) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
