My First Saber

[Darth Android]

Nice saber. Plan to start building mine soon, just trying to learn the soldering techniques first.

[Thaxos]

Nice saber. Plan to start building mine soon, just trying to learn the soldering techniques first.

Always a good idea to practice soldering first! I've seen so many people screw over their stuff because they just grab the soldering iron, poke it to the component and let it heat and heat and heat, or they just poke the solder and iron to the piece and make a terrible connection.

[Darth Cipher]

i practiced on a few wires before i started too...got the hang of it pretty quick. check out some tut videos online before attempting it helps alot. this is the one i used..http://video.google.com/videosearch?...um=4&ct=title#

[Obi-Dar Ke-Gnomie]

Here's a good soldering tutorial from Erv.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOdnGUMi7lQ