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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that robot is super cool
Soldering is amazing
Soldering is an interesting process.
Soldering is a very cool skill to know. I saw my Brother doing it one day and I was surprised with how well it turned out.
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!