cant find the 40$ robot toturial link?!!

[mohamed]

cant find the 40$ robot toturial link?!!
can anyone give me the link plz

[paulstreats]

click on the "society of robots" logo at the top of this page. Then click on the "members tutorials" section on the left bar

[SmAsH]

http://www.societyofrobots.com/member_tutorials/node/59 lol i just happend to be looking at it because im making it lol

[mohamed]

is easy to make or not?!!!! 

[SmAsH]

well the soldering is pissing me off. does anybody know how i can keep a part in place while i solder (having trouble with headers the keep falling through). lol its a really good beginner project. i reccommend it for beginners who cant afford a pic programmer. the only problem is i cant really see the pictures to well but you can still work will the instructions.

[airman00]

well the soldering is pissing me off. does anybody know how i can keep a part in place while i solder (having trouble with headers the keep falling through). lol its a really good beginner project. i reccommend it for beginners who cant afford a pic programmer. the only problem is i cant really see the pictures to well but you can still work will the instructions.

there is something called a soldering vise  or just use pliers and the best tool of them all gravity!

[Bubbles]

an easy way to solder things that you are having trouble holding in place is to place solder of whatever you are connecting your component to then hold the component against this now solid solder and melt it. this way you do not have to hold the solder, iron and component at the same time 

[SmAsH]

lol no i compromised...i used tape on the top

[paulstreats]

I sometimes resort to using blu tac if i put a lot of components on before soldering. Ive never had a problem with it, and its easily removed by dabbing the remaining blu tac with another blob of it

[Rebelgium]

What is blu tac?

[airman00]

What is blu tac?

its putty

[Rebelgium]

uhh what is putty?

[hazzer123]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu_Tack

[airman00]

uhh what is putty?

never heard of silly putty or play dough , before?

[SmAsH]

its like a blob of material that can change its shape and can stick and be re-used. and thanks paul ill try it next time i solder.

[Trumpkin]

I use an alligator clip to hold headers in place while I solder.