Doug, I would suggest you obtain a piece of perf-board with thru-plated holes along with a bunch of resistors (1/4 watt are not expensive in lots of 200). Give her the Soldering Tutorial that is on the Elecraft website.
While practice with boards that have had the components removed can be less expensive, I believe she should start with clean components and clean board holes - for one thing, it is easier to look at and evaluate the solder connections after a practice session - too much solder, too little solder, component lead not heated sufficiently, solder pad not heated sufficiently are all things you can evaluate when working with a new board. A used board will not provide as much information because there is already a bit of solder on the pads. In other words, start her out with good tools and materials, this is not a time to be "cheap" IMHO. 73, Don W3FPR On 6/5/2011 7:10 AM, DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL wrote: > Hi everyone, > > 1. Please reply off-list > > 2. I want to teach my daughter how to solder leaded components onto a > circuit board (to start). > > 3. Where can I get a cheap (really cheap?) source of boards to play on. > Obviously, they do not need to work, can be broken, etc. > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
