Make: Live airs in just a few minutes! Don’t miss our soldering episode where guests Ladyada and Marc deVinck join us to celebrate this critical electronics skill. We’ll also be giving away a complete soldering setup from Digi-Key to one lucky member of the chat. Giveaway prizes:
- Weller 50W Analog Soldering Station
- Apex Fume Extractor
- 1 pound of 60/40 Solder
Make: Live 02 – The Soldering Episode
Wednesday February 9th, 9pm ET/6pm PT
Watch right here, at makezine.com/live, or on UStream

Limor “Ladyada” Fried – Soldering demo with the Game of Life Kit
Solder sorceress and Adafruit Industries founder Limor Fried will join us in-studio for a soldering demo featuring the Game of Life kit.

Marc de Vinck – Electronic Merit Badge
Maker Shed product developer Marc de Vinck developed the popular learn-to-solder badge you may have seen at Maker Faire, where you can learn to solder for $1 in the Maker Shed, then show off your new skill.










so who won?
so who won?
so who won?
Couldn’t get the live stream to work tonight, kept stuttering and freezing on me
Looking forward to catching the recorded version later
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