The Magic of Soldering
April 09, 2025 • EPISODE 260
How does soldering work? In this episode of Science LIVE, Roger Billings explores the science and precision behind soldering. From tiny connections on circuit boards to sealing plumbing pipes, learn how a little solder can make a big difference. Whether you’re into building electronics or fixing things at home, this episode will give you a whole new appreciation for the art and science of soldering!
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Dr. Roger Billings is a visionary innovator whose work has touched the lives of millions of students and transformed the landscape of education. Widely known as “DrB” to the countless kids who benefit from his groundbreaking Acellus learning system, Dr. Billings has dedicated his life to advancing education through technology.
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I’ve been soldering for a while now but it’s always good to go over it and spread this helpful tool.
I’ve seen my brother do some soldering, i always thought it looked intimidating but this video makes it seem much less nerve racking. 🙂 great video!!
Soldering is amazing
Soldering is a cool thing to do
I want to make a underwater robot!
so interesting!!!
I helped my dad solder a circuit card for an underwater robot.
Awesome!!
So much fun to watch!
WHERE IS R-51 ?!!!!!!!
This was so interesting
Very interested in electrical soldering
amazing
Love the idea of flow soldering so many units at one time! Definitely time saving!
Soldering is so fascinating!
Very cool, soldering looks like a fun thing to learn.
By far my favorite video!
This was an awesome topic.
Super intresting wow!!
Why is soldering so important and what does it helps us with our world today?
What other uses can soldering be used for?
My dad likes soldering as a hobby.
Can you ruin the copper wick when you take off the salder?
I’ve seen my brother soldering. I always feel like he’s going to catch our house on fire or something.
It is awesome how people can do this
this is cool
This video was very informative, thank you!
I’ve watched my brother soldering, looks nerve racking
Very cool!
that’s very interesting
Soldering is fun
I love this episode!
I love learning about film school!!
what!?! very cool!!
isnt under ground welding, or maybe its under water welding, one of the best paying jobs because its so dangrous?
MAGIC!!!!
wow that’s so coooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooollllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll.
I loved how we use to use ice to cool down food.
What if we don’t have the tools for pipe soldering? Love to learn about soldering though, thank you Dr B and special thanks to Lady Pajèt
What time is this live in Eastern time?
this was interesting.
Cool
Awesome
What!?!thats cool
thank you for the information
That’s so cool! I’ve always found welding so cool, I’d love to become a welder for pipes and such some day!
Thank you for the videos! they are always interesting.
This video helped me alot and I really learned from it.
Just like with the fridge I usually never think about what it does for me and the only way to do that is to imagine it not existing.
I helped my dad solder a car’s headlight wires before so this was a very informative and fun video to watch!
How do circuit boards work?
wow!
This was so educational
Very great video, my mom was more excited of learning about soldering
I love soldering and making cool stuff. I made a game console in an altoids container!
I thought this was super interesting!
I have used one of those soldering irons before helping my mom fix a circuit on a TV! It was cool to help and it actually fixed it!
amazing!
I’ve heard about things Ike this before, but I never really thought of it this way!interesting!
How cool!
why is welding better than sodering?
Thank you Mr. Rogers
The soldering of the circuit board was very cool!
Im happy i watch this it teaches me so much more stuff that i didnt know.
I never knew what soldering was.
are the robots they make just for fun?
Solar power rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😎
Wow this really interested me
Great Show
I’m in power homeschool and want to enter in the science fair. How do I enter?
amazing livestream like always :3 <3 <3
Neato!😱
Wow!
i liked this video. one day i want to make something techy all by myself
I loved learning about soldering and circuit boards. The robot that jumps like a squirrel is cool.
Just started soldering myself this was very educational!
I am glad there is a video about soldering, I have been looking into learning about it.
Hi. I was wondering how the circuit board can still work after having hot melted solder on it?
And how can the electricity still run through it after the hot solder was on THAT?
Thats amazing because i never knew about soldering.
Thank you for the videos!
The robot that jumps and really neat. I love how they studied squirrels and made the robot jump, and balance, the way squirrels do.
Soldering looks fun but dangerous at the same time.
Dr. B thanks for such a very informing lesson on soldering. I learned something new.
The soldering of the circuit board was very cool! Very interesting video!
This was a really good video.
Soldering like alchemy -melting metal to bring circuits to life. Truly Magic!
Loved this episode!! I hope theres more soldering to come.
I found this very intriguing
Thank you for doing that that was very intriguing.
Thank you for showing us how to solder a circuit board.
Soldering sure is cool
I didn’t realize how many things soldering was a part of.
Interesting episode!
hey I love you acelluse!!!!
Gotta be one of my favorite episode’s I’ve seen so far. I love the super in-depth and technical episodes like these. I learned a bit about soldering before, but I really had a bunch of my knowledge holes filled (pun intended) with this one. I love that jumping bot, as well, its so cute. Great episode, would definitely recommend.
Wow!
Soldering is an amazing process!
It’s crazy what we can do! I really enjoyed this episode.
I like jokes
I love this video because I want to go into agriculture for college!
I loved this video! I took agriculture and there we learnt about soldering, but I really enjoyed this in depth video!
If cold is actually just the absence of heat, does that mean Jacob Perkins’ invention was more about getting rid of heat than trying to add cold?
I loved this some much and i learnedalot from it
I enjoy soldering when I had stem classes in the past.
I really like this video and I can understand every thing they’re saying!
I would be happy if you do make a movie!
Wow just wow this is so cool
Cool! 😜
Cool!
This sounds like its so hard yet so easy to do, thank you for the episode!
My dad solders things sometimes, so it was cool to understand how it works!
Magic can be so cool especially with all the tricks that can be done! My favorite magic trick is the magic hat.
I think is it really fascinating and interesting on how squirrels balance their paws on such small resources like sticks and small branches. Also I find it quite cool how they made a robot very similar to the squirrel’s jumping tactics.
So cool
Can Ai do science?
The soldering process is intriguing.
Love this!
I never knew about how soldering worked, it’s so interesting! Thanks for the cool info in this episode!
Loved this!
This is so intriguing.
soldering looks so hard, such delicate procedures
Do you think soldering takes a long time to do nicely?
I’ve soldered things with my grandpa its so cool
i loved learning about soldering.
I never heard of soldering. Very cool learning about it
This is so cool!!
loved this one!
Where did the idea of soldering come from ?
My dad works on circuit boards and he has had to solder things on there. It has a weird smell.
Is soldering the same as welding, or are they just similar?
I really liked this video
I love this!
I like air conditioners in summer especially now its so hot outside.
I am glad we have refridgerators : )
They way here explained this makes it really interesting!
That is mind blowing that they got ice from Canada. All it takes is one person to have an idea and find a way to see it through. Edison really pioneered a lot.
WOW 🤩!!!! Solder is so interesting and to think I never heard of it before. I hope your finger is ok dr R , I saw a bandage 🤕. I’m glad to have you back , these videos are so inspiring and I learn more from the videos then I do in most of my classes.
Soldering is a revolutionary step in electrician work and also something i do often to repair things around the house, especially 1/4 inch instrument cables
This episode was great!
Does it matter which way you ting the wire?
soldering looks cool and fun to do.
I was really interested to see the video about the robot and how we learned from squirrels. It was also interesting to learn how refrigeration came about. I learned a lot from Dr. B. teaching us how to Solder.
this was so interesting
I liked the glasses they looked cool.
I think it would be fun to be an ice man.
Soldering sounds very difficult
This was very interesting. I was just learning how to sodder
Soldering is cool!
I love learning about how everyday items were created! Thank you for this wonderful video!
What’s the highest melting point solder you can use without damaging common electronic components?
I thought this was pretty cool and enjoy these videos.
I enjoyed this so much.
Thank you!
That’s cool
Hey Roger Billings, can you please include a soldering kit in the Acellus store?
Wow! this is super cool never knew this is how!
I loved this video!
That was pretty cool.
How would a jumping robot help our society?
It is very impressive how it went from a giant piece of ice to a refrigerator.
this was so cool in my own words
Soldering is too delicate for me.
soldering is so cool , I cant believe that lucky people with that as thier profession
Soldering is very interesting!
This soldering video sent me a lot of notes to use .
This is so awesome!
This is pretty cool never knew this was how it was done.
We are excited for the invention fair!
Soldering is cool. My brother is learning to solder a drone.
I didn’t even know what soldering was before this video, I learned a lot! So informative!
Thank you for the video!!
Wowwww!
Awesome episode, really enjoyed it
The invention fair beginning next year sound so exciting!
Did you see the thing that said snakey 51 for sale.
That is so cool how far they came with the robot jumping like a squirrel.
I really liked this video. loved it!
This video taught me about how to solder electric wires and plumbing metal. I thought it was super cool for you to answer students questions about it for their science fair projects. I didn’t know anything about the topic before watching this.
Soldering seems delicate!
Soldering really takes a steady hand or would end up with messy work.
Cool video!
the heat smells really hot 🤣😂😆
i find soldering pretty cool!
Wow soldering is actually pretty cool!
Cool video
My grandad showed me how to solder when I was little. It’s very tedious.
🌝 Awesome
Very interesting
This is so cool.
Is soldering the same as welding?
Interesting lesson.
that was the most awesome thing EVER
I didn’t know anything about soldering, thanks for explaining!
I use my soldering kit on my electronics at home. My mom even has me use it on small projects for her around the house.
Soldering is very interesting.
Wow, what a cool video!
I would like to know what is the melting point
of different types of soldering wires.
It is important to have a steady hand when soldering, I learned to solder when I was younger. It was difficult at first, but practice made it easier. Now I like to weld,
So interesting!
Soldering is so interesting.
love it thank you Dr. Roger Billings
I would like to solder
I’m excited about this episode since I don’t know how to solder!
Soldering is very interesting.
Amazing video!
this got to be some type of skill
hello from georgia. just getting caught up!
Soldering is a very precise task.
Awesome video!
I didn’t even know soldering was a thing, this was so cool to learn about!
Soldering is a great skill to know
I didn’t know the science behind solder being so thin.
Interesting lesson.
I hope that you and your loved ones had a blessed Easter.
Very cool video!
Thank you for making the videos to help me learn different and some new things.
Awesome video I loved this!!
Awesome video thank you so much and I hope you a fantastic Easter and God Bless you all with love from Aaliyah
I learned to solder while making stained glass. We used a copper tape to rimm the glass pieces. Then I used lots of flux and lead solder. The soldering iron had a wider tip and the lead wire was a larger gauge.
Thats so cool. I didnt even know much about soldering
The Heat Smells Hot!😂😂😂
Soldering is so interesting!
I wish I could solder things when I get older
my brother likes soldering
Amazing livestream like always :3
Soldering is pretty interesting!
Yay! so glad you’re back Dr. Billings 🙂
I love using a soldering tool!
I love building things with my 3D printer
this was super informative and well explained! thank you!!
Very interesting.
I had never been interested in soldering before but after learning about this, it makes me want to know more about computers in general.
I am going to be doing some soldering something soon, thank you for going over soldering
Wow!
This was very interesting!
Soldering is so interesting! I would love to learn how to solder one day.
Wow it is so interesting learning about soldering.
Is soldering just welding?
Dear Dr. B thank you very much for all that you do for us.
Thank you for making the videos to help me learn different and some new things too
I loved this video my favorite part was the Area 51 clip thanks for science live! I love it
soldering is amazing, though you need adult super vision.
My dad does a lot of soldering with his gadgets!
Thank you
I really enjoy these videos – they are funny and also very educational!
The beginning of the Ice Box system was really cool to learn about.
Interesting information on Soldering great video.
First time hearing the word “soldering.” Very interesting!
Soldering is so interesting! This is one of the coolest videos yet!
I just learned that solder is a soft metal and melts at a low temperature! I also learned that there are 3 tips and 3 tip-sizes on a soldering iron.
Those additional resources have been helpful to me and Kayden as he maneuvers through his lessons. They have also assisted with creating other techniques .
Fascinating tidbit on the Swiss researchers!
Such great information on soldering. Thank you for this.
If i’m indecisive about a career field what is the best way to narrow down my options ?
Do you believe the craft of soldering will be automated, performed by a robot, making it faster and less errors.
Soldering looks very tedious and difficult. I would like to try welding someday.
Learning about soldering was very interesting and helpful. I was thinking about learning how to be a welder; so, I think welding might be quite similar to soldering. Thank you for the information.
I recognize many of the soldering tools from watching videos of an artist who creats dioramas. Also my dad has a bunch of soldering tools and it stinks when it’s hot!
That solder gun smell was strong! LOL By the way, I was wondering if you’ll ever do a Live Q & A? My brother and I always have a ton of questions, and so does my mom.
My mom says to thank you for showing us how to solder in such great detail. She says we’ll try it at home soon.
these science lives are so fun to watch. <3
I love science live o(〃＾▽＾〃)o
Wow!!
This weeks science live was really interesting because I got to learn something new, which was soldering and its uses plus after this video I have really come to understand and appreciate soldering.
I liked learning about the wonders of soldering and how it affects our lives
Love the science lives and all that they teach me!
Wow, this is really interesting. I never knew how these kinds of things worked until today!
This is so cool
I learned to do this on old computers
My friend knows how to solder things and is really into computers and parts.
I bet you can make alot of money soldering. cool.
My uncle soldered metals into things instead of tossing them away.
I loved learning about the Magic of Soldering.
I am interested in welding.
Thank you for the video
this is great
THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THIS INFORMATION TO ALL OF US.
I didn’t realize soldering played such a big part in our everyday liv
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I’ve always had opinions relating to squirrels, but this jumper allows a better opinion to exist.
this is so cool, i wonder what i can make?
Breadboards are a unique part of engineering!!
Its amazing: the machines we invent out of pure curiosity and sheer will. I for one, wouldn’t have thought of a squirrel robot.
Old refrigerators…
having a fridge that looks like a dresser would be odd lol
The soldering gun smells good. Thank you Mr. Billings for letting us smell it, that was so generous of you. 😄
Great information on Soldering successfully!
The ice man was a cool thing to put in the video
that was amazing and super interesting!
Awesome
Thank you for providing these science lives for me to learn.
Amazing
I think soldering is so school. It is like mini welding which I did for two years. I really liked welding and I found great skill in it. School welding and recreational welding are both fun. i would like to see a welding episode some time that would be cool. My grandpa has a welder and oxygen-acetylene cutting torch that we use from time to time as well.
We didn’t realize soldering played such a big part in our everyday lives.
It was exciting learning about soldering! Thank you.
Interesting video.
I wonder how circuit boards work exactly.
I always ask AI jokes and they are funny sometimes!
Awesome
I was able to understand more about soldering with this science live. I liked were we got to see an up close moment.
Oh my gosh! It’s so interesting to see the many ways soldering is being used, I’ve seen TikTok’s with people using it for making stained glass crafts.
This information is cool.
Nice clean solder joints, the connections look solid and shiny and reliable, very interesting video and nicely pieced together! I am so grateful Acellus has introduced me to science live!
I had never heard of soldering, interesting!
Just checking in. Very interesting.
That’s really cool and interesting
Thank you for the video!
what kind of metals can’t be soldered together? My dad has a soldering iron and I’ve always wanted to know how to use it now i do thanks Dr B!
soldering is so satisfying to watch!
very nice!!
that’s cool
Wow that is amazing I never knew that soldering could do so much
I have soldered something once. Joining two pipes together for a water pipe.
cool!
I didn’t really know anything about soldering but I learned a lot from this video and it was very interesting.
I can not believe they put a huge block of ice.
What’s the difference between welding and soldering?
Welding was an option at my old school, I opted out for a language course, but it’s interesting to learn soldering, as close to welding as it is.
The way heat flows through solder faster than through air is really cool to me.
Amazing
This was really so interesting! I enjoyed this LIVE – the Magic of Soldering! I really enjoy the Science Live videos. I like the vast amount of different things we get to learn.
This was really so interesting! I enjoyed this LIVE – the Magic of Soldering!
Its fascinating just how well squirrels can balance on such small surfaces reliably without being able to wrap a paw completely around it! I hope we’re able to make an artificial squirrel someday, it’d be cool to see!
I love how I got interested in these videos!
I never knew much about soldering but this video helped me understand it.
We’ve used soldering in robotics
My dad just taught me how to solder!
This video is so cool im and 8th grade I love this school it has helped me so mutch and if anyone sees this I hope you have a great day yall stay awesome and never let anyone be negative to you have a great summer and my birthday is this summer. 👋🏻
How did the squirrel know where to jump?
What is soldering?
very cool
The invention of the fridge was ingenious, I could have never known how it worked
This episode was really fun and interesting to watch. I enjoyed watching the jumping robot and how they observed a squirrel to make their robot better. It was also very interesting to see and learn how to solder. I had never seen anyone do that before and it was very neat to watch you do it close up.
Love this live couldent remember if commented but I really am interested in the topic
How did they measure the squirrel jumping?
Awesome!
i really liked this epsiode cause i was confuse on what soldering is but now i know
Very nice
It is very interesting that you can solder things. Before the science live I didn’t know that you can solder electron components. I learned two ways to solder and that the preparation is very important.
Sauntering is neat and in order to melt copper is 600 degrees
please keep the science fair
I love how much information is in each of these videos
I learned how to solder in middle school and since then it has interested me. That means this episode is perfect!
I find soldering very cool
I found this video very interesting. I do not have any questions about it.
That was so cool.
It was interesting about the first ice boxes and refrigerators.
this is so 😎 cool
I like how they use the fire and all the cool things they did with using fire
What temperature does it take to melt the solder?
this was very cool!
The process of soldering is really fascinating. I never knew its role in the electronics industry till today! Especially the big impact it has.
Soldering is very interesting!