{"id":10871,"date":"2014-08-27T11:26:29","date_gmt":"2014-08-27T11:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10871"},"modified":"2014-08-27T11:26:29","modified_gmt":"2014-08-27T11:26:29","slug":"learn-how-to-solder-with-carrie-anne-philbin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10871","title":{"rendered":"Learn how to solder with Carrie Anne Philbin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.examiner.com\/images\/blog\/wysiwyg\/image\/soldering_ic.jpg?resize=550%2C292\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"292\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Carrie Anne&#8217;s been wanting to learn to solder for a while. She&#8217;s now learnt how to do it and has made this great video that teaches you which end of the soldering iron is which and how to make good solder joints. Watch it below. 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