At some point, just about everyone manages to mess up their precious electronics. In this case, someone (not me) somehow managed to totally demolish the mini USB port in their new Motorola cell phone.

Modding today's hardware often means moving or removing tiny surface mount components, and using a standard soldering iron feels about as effective as using a hammer to kill a fly. If buying an ...

The Xuron(R) WickGun(TM) Desoldering Braid Dispenser lets users dispense, position, and cut-off braid completely using one hand; freeing the other to hold a soldering iron. Click here for ...

Right off the bat, we’ll stipulate that what [Adrian] is doing in the video below isn’t actual hot air solder leveling. But we thought the results of his card-edge connector restoration on a CGA video ...

Our radio broadcast facilities depend on many coaxial cables to get signals from one place to another. There are good and bad ways to install connectors on those cables, which can lead to reliable ...

Most, if not all, engineers know how to handle a soldering iron. But there are a few folks in the industry who want to know more about those wisps of smoke they sometimes see rising from our ...