Post #1075607
2026-04-10 12:47 UTC
Replies (8)
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@Drummerdaniels@tweesecake.social 2026-04-10 12:50
@JustinMac84 maybe i'm wrong, but the reason why solderring for the blind is not as prevalent is that it is a dangerous job. the best advice i would give is get someone professional to do it, or if you have a friend who can do it for you, then so much the better.
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@techsinger@tweesecake.social 2026-04-10 14:07
@JustinMac84 The only really usable thing I've read about this, after a good deal of research, is at https://www.ski.org/soldering-basics/ and other info from the same organization. My difficulty is the usual thing, too much work, too little reward. If you find a better solution I, for one, would be overjoyed to hear of it. My solution has been to find a sighted person, find another way to get where I want to be, or do without.
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@LeonianUniverse@caneandable.social 2026-04-11 01:25
@JustinMac84 I didn't even know blind people could do this.
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@bscross32@tweesecake.social 2026-04-11 03:37
@JustinMac84@mastodon.socialWhen you get burnt from it, you get BUUUUUUUUUUUURNT from it. If you go down this route, prepare for that.
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@bonkers@nerdculture.de 2026-04-11 15:17
@JustinMac84 as a sighted person, I find it sometimes difficult to focus and see that I'm connecting the right pins and the quality of soldering is proper. It doesn't sound feasible for a blind person. If you like to experiment with electronics, there are prototyping boards that don't need soldering. Also, quite a lot of hackable readymade stuff.
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@nolan@gts.thewordnerd.info 2026-04-10 14:08
@JustinMac84@mastodon.social Have you seen https://www.ski.org/smith-kettlewell-technical-file/? A bit dated, but was what I found about 10 years ago when I looked into this, though I never got far enough in my projects where I was ready to leave the breadboard.
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@simmer@sfba.social 2026-04-10 14:53
@JustinMac84@mastodon.social Sighted person here. Electrical engineer with years of design and soldering experience. Without knowing the exact application, it's hard to go into a lot of detail. But this is an interesting challenge and I hope I can provide some useful info Are you soldering wires together? Through hole soldering onto pcbs? These might work because you can do all the setup tactilely and then you just dab with solder to finish. Surface mount soldering? BGAs and other hidden contacts? These require so much visual feedback due to the precision required, it's very hard to imagine how to do them sightless. But I'd be super interested if you find a way! Have you ever heard of "wire wrap"? It's an old school technology for electrical connections that I think you could do entirely tactilely. It can look very elegant as well. I encourage you to look into that.
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@Wifi_cable@chaos.social 2026-04-14 18:07
@JustinMac84@mastodon.social one of my proffesors was legally blind. He used a microscope attached to a very big screen to solder. I think soldering would have been harder for him without his limited sight. These written instructions are fairly good, but i'm not sure the will work for you. https://kitronik.co.uk/blogs/resources/how-to-solder-in-ten-easy-steps?srsltid=AfmBOoqtKx1CuTvyuY2ISIYbHgvjMiDyk9jFGCI1IKmuYPGvN94dU4m3