January Caption Contest

They told me about E-Textiles, Knitting electronics.. but threading the Soldering Iron is hard.

Here, let me solder the world's smallest electric violin...

Who said you can't solder with Magnesium? Just watch me....

In retrospect, he should not have attempted this while wearing a red shirt.

Horton heard the Who. Sparkfun accepted the challenge to establish communications.

Solder it vertically, they said. It'll be fun, they said.

MY EYES! THE GOGGLES DO NOTHING!

Today on "Extreme Soldering"...

New SparkFun goggles protect me from everything!!! It evens come with a cool helmet!!

Sparkfun, open source because we don't trust him either.

I don't think this is what he meant when he said "Use the leaded solder"...

Dave ~ $ solderPart -p M328 -t FX888 -B UnoR3
-Error: Board not found
Dave ~ $ sudo solderPart -p M328 -t FX888 -B UnoR3
-Error: Board not found

When did Sparkfun start hiring Spaceballs?

Newest Tutorial: FUN Lighting fuses with a soldering Iron Disclaimer SparkFun is not responsible for any fingers blown off, helmet and goggles not required but recommended try AT YOUR OWN RISK

Doc was just kidding about that space-time continuum collapse... right?

The reason that Russian fighter jets are superior to American jets is their ability to be repaired mid-flight with the included soldering iron.

Half an hour ago, I was clean shaven. With the new instant solder-on beard kit, I will look like the rugged outdoors man my girlfriend admires.

Safety Notice: Due to the somewhat painful nature of attaching solder "hair" to the face, some clients experience the desire to bang their head against the wall to lessen the pain. A helmet and safety goggles are included to lessen the potential head injuries.

In Soviet Russia...fun sparks you!

This picture was taken just moments before all the lights went out in Boulder.

According to Einstein, the energy density of a singularity is infinite...all i have to do is solder this wire to it.

10 years of my life; $5,000,00 to develop a cloaking device; $10,000,000 to develop anti-cloaking helmet; and it's all screwed up by a $0.10 off switch!

When Robert said the customer was having cold solder joint issues I didn't think he meant it quite this literally !!!

VISOR'S DOWN.....BOOOOOOOM!!!!! There goes the DYNAMITE

Ow Ow Ow Ow HOT HOT HOT

When it comes to soldering, safety is an important issue for all of us. As we see here, Billy is using the industry standard helmet and visor. Good start, Billy, but you are missing your soldering shoulder pads and athletic cup.

Pre-hire test for working at Sparkfun. Demonstrated ability to mine red boxes and avoid creepers while soldering a must.

Despite his cube mate please to stop, Peter continues to try and light his cherry bomb with a soldering iron and inadequate safety gear.

... And on the next episode of You too can solder, captain SparkFun demonstrates first aid for solder burns...

Time to light it up and see what happens!!!!

These SMD packages are getting to ridiculous extremes.

Due to his propensity for creating cold solder joints, he earned the call-sign Iceman.

Shhh!... "The iron isn't plugged in", lets see how long he wears that helmet.

Damn, nobody told me soldering 22nm transistors would be so hard!

It's gonna SPARK and it's gonna be FUN!

NOW KISS!

After an embarrassing defeat in a particularly contentious Philosophy of Electronics class debate, Sparky hopes to discover exactly how many angels he can solder to the head of a pin.

What could POSSIBLY go wrong?

Wireless Soldering...

That's how we solder in Boulder!

this solder is not RoHS-compliant i can clearly see lead in it

With the blast shield down I can't even see... Your eyes can deceive you. Don't trust them. Stretch out with your feelings.

With high temperature comes great soldering...

Must....tin.....tip!!!!

Here we demonstrate tinning the tip. Take care that plenty of hot solder falls on your hand.

If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 880 degrees... you're gonna see some serious shit.

Great news! SparkFun will be moving to a new location in order to serve you better!

In unrelated news, the release of our thermite-core solder has been indefinitely postponed.

Sparkfun's punishment method of choice: Chinese solder torture. "Are you going to screw up the shipping again?" "No, I promise, It BURNS!!"

The Mad Scientist's Low-Budget Guide to Nuclear Fusion

Being the new guy I was told that this his how you grow solder.

So maybe the Mayans couldn't destroy the world, but I sure can!!!!

In Russia, Iron solders YOU!

"More power" he says, "We need the warp drive online" now he says. It’s always a crisis with him! Yet there's never budget money for fault tolerant propulsion systems.

Don't try this at home, kids!

We at Sparkfun are experts with years of experience that keeps us safe!

"Who needs that third-hand vise from SparkFun to solder? "

Get the camera honey, were going on YOUTUBE!!!!!!!!!

Iron Man : Tony Stark = Iron Solder : Tony Spark

COMPLAINT!!! When i got this promotion to be a tester i wasn't expecting them to take away my dental, health insurance, workers comp and stick me in room that is padded with boxes.............They gave me a fighter jet helmet and told me to test away.

If I could just thread this needle but my thread keeps melting...

Ok, Tom, your job today - soldering the tail light lead on the microcoptor... In flight! Have fun!

ATTENTION!!!!They said i couldn't get this ring off my finger but once i light this thermite we will see who has the LAST LAUGH MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Just days after tough loss, Broncos reveal Sparkfun Genius behind rebuilding "The Manning."

OK TURN IT ON..

????????????How do i get the laser beam to come out?????????????

Stand back! I'm going to attempt science!

I think I can Tattoo with this thing!

Stay on target...Stay on target...

The lost skit from "Kids in Hall"...

"I'm soldering your head!"

Captain Thunderpants has misplaced his conscience, so he sets out to make a new one.

Testing the exploding solder in the new Sparkfun "Gag Gift Assortment Pack" is not a fun assignment;

While revolutionary, field repairs of the Russians' invisible fighter jets were very difficult.

Always wear safety gear when attempting to initiate an arc...

Sparkfun attempts to build a Hand-Crafted CPU. Unfortunately, the man who tried to build it had too much hand-crafted beer.

I see, your Schwartz is as big as Mine!

SparkFun's new invisi-view visor reduces the loss of transparent components by up to 62%. SMD soldering experience and 20/10 vision is still highly recommended.

Look at me, still talking when there's soldering to do, since when I look up there, it makes it GLaD I'm not you...

Sparkfun Dentist

Everyone stay back, or this solder gets it!

Hopefully, without the Earth shattering kaboom this time...

It's not easy, I just make it look easy.

Mr William is an example of people that suffer with the very rare condition known as the solderphobia.

Too Much SMD work for Drone 11254 and he finaly Snaped.

You'd be surprised how hard it is to draw a straight line with this thing!

Sparkfun Man seen here demonstrating his powers of Solderkinesis (The ability to control a soldering iron strictly by thought). His only weaknesses are his mortality and the inability to solder lead free solder.

Sparkfun briefly considered selling solder wick birthday candles

The psychotic break started with the hat, and then he went on to attempt soldering oxygen and nitrogen molecules together.

The new Sparkfun soldering station comes with our exclusive helmet mounted heads up display.

Petros is about to discover his choice of "third hand" is not optimal.

This is how I tin my tip, tin my tip, tin my tip... This is how I tin my tip so early in the morning!

When my boss can't reboot his computer because I shorted out the PS_ON and COM pins using this wire I hold in my hands I'm going to show him this abundantly saturated red picture to ignite an angry emotional response. April Fools Day is going to be epic this year!

After the arc is struck, follow down as far as possible.

Can you guess what I'm doing?

We do the testing, so you don't have to.

There is more than one way to tin an iron

The new Wolverine kit, installation is somewhat painful...

It's all fun and games until someone asks you to solder.

A real Sparkfun tech has an intimate relationship with the simple things such as the temperature of his solder, and always cleans up his beads before they hit the table.

Putin's younger brother trying to create ozone to help clear the air.

When I was a lad we had to do it without electricity.

I swear, the radioactive atom is right here, just don't move, my soldering iron will take care of it.

by jove I think I've got it!!

Nooooo, the flux, it stings!!

And Mrs. Krupheimer said I'd never amount to anything!

"Stand back, because I'm only going to show you this once..."

How do I solder this cable without burning my nose?

At Sparkfun we can teach soldering to everyone ... even the most scared ones

Tim pretty much had the market cornered on creating solder tip self portraits.

Woop Woop, Spark Fun Style...

You see, if we touch these two doohickies together right chere, magic happens. I love magic.

I really wish I knew what I was doing with these electric things.

You're all clear, kid. Let's blow this thing and go home!

Ugghh! Still no Spark, no Fun!

"The new SMD (Soldering Miniature Devices)"

Curses! I will takeover Bouldersville, Little does Nate know that I'm the evil Mojo Jojo.

"While doing inventory, Joe received the tedious job of counting all of the capacitors on the end of this wire . . ."

    "Man"icure for Life
Carefully apply a thin coat of solder...

I'm coming in hot.

Sparkfun's newest R&D intern working in the green energy lab, Thermal energy transfer via high frequency brainwaves.

The newly appointed Soldering Czar

I guess now we should tell him that the iron isn´t plugged in...

I thought making sparks was supposed to be fun!

All dressed up for the social event of the year, the Spark Fun Post Inventory Ball & Galia, Only to find a broken wire to the ED Probe. Without a functional Emotion Detection device, he'll never know if his date Lady Ada really digs his threads. Can he get the ED probe repaired in time?? Check back tomorrow for the results.

Solder Claw's mutant power was not quite as impressive as his older brother, Wolverine.

"pilot light"

Poster child for the evils of leaded solder fumes. Please don't let this happen to you...

Hmmmmmm...Maybe I should have taken that SparkFun SMD soldering class before I started this...

Human cannonball tries to light the fuse using a soldering iron.

Moore's law must be stopped.

How else are you supposed to solder those 01005 resistors?

Must Solder against will of MIND CONTROL HELMET!!!!!

Screw you safety manual!

Oh I'm a solder-hack, and I'm okay. I work all night and I work all day!

Although it is possible to solder directly to a transistor on a die, it requires caution...

We can put a man on the moon however, we have yet discovered a way to thread our soldering iron.

And thus did I learn to hate gravity.

Once I touch this with my soldering iron, Sparkfun will be MINE!! Fools! They never saw it coming! Bwahahahaha!

Spark fun sells soldering irons and the parts to make a soldering robot so YOU don't have to look this ridiculous!

With a little help from sparkfun, today could be your 'special' day.

The inaugural experiment of Colorado's $200 Flannel Ignition Laboratory commences.

Sparkfun -- Taking dead-bug prototyping to the next level.

While Luke Skywalker told his extravagent story of threading the Beggar's Canyon needle in record time, this is what he actually did.

Desparate to get the new Jedi Mind Power helmet working in time for the next Sparkfun New Product Post, Victor turns to threats when trying to bend a piece of solder wire with his mind..."If you will not bend to my power, I will solder you!" or "We can do this the easy way or the hard way" or "Bend or Melt!" or "Bend or Burn!!"

His New Year's resolution was to be safer when soldering, but he went a little overboard.

And now to attach the headers to the new mini-micro-tiny-super-duper-tini-wini-subcompact Uno R167.

As you can see, the portable, handheld 3D printer is easy...See how easily I created this wire!

Careful, careful. Almost there...

Tell me that I can't solder in the warehouse, huh? Well, they'll never catch me in my fortress of solitude! (evil laugh)

Blasphemy!!! Is this unleaded solder I smell?

Sulfur solder test # 134

Don't train on your Vespa if you're a beginner !

Sparkfun's new tutorial: Advanced soldering for dummmies

Sparky uses his woodsman skills to solder those ever shrinking components to a tree sensors.

They said fixing the nanobot would be easy. They didn't say it could FLY!

If I don't get this iron to light the fuse, I'll have to go back to remedial bomb disposal class.

Here at Sparkfun we quality-control test every new shipment of solder before selling it to you. You can rest assured that cheap knock-off rosin core solder will never explode in your face... again.

Dr. Squint the robot proctologist.

SMD a mosquitoes ass ....no problemo for SOLDERMAN!

Resistance is futile little mosquito. You will be assimilated.

today on solder fumebusters.....

i hope it dosen't fume again....

Hold on to your Butts!

How Russia made the smallest atomic bomb. Don't move.

Now that Horton is gone, I'll teach Whoville how to solder.

Pro tip: when building potentially self aware robots, wear a helmet.

Must...protect myself...from the...tiny...nuclear explosion...I am about to create. Muahahaha!!

A little tweak and i will be able to read other's minds ! Humm maybe women minds !

Mouhahaha

Buster Witwicky works on the last joint of the Creation Matrix to rescue Shockwave's lifeless drone...

Buster Witwicky works on the last joint of the Creation Matrix to rescue Shockwave's lifeless drone...

Buster Witwicky works on the last joint of the Creation Matrix to rescue Shockwave's lifeless drone...

Since he looks like an Angry/Snob French man, Im gonna go out on a limb here:

De Sparkfun soudure sommelier: "Monsieur, c'est un 1999 soudure sans plomb avec une pâte à braser doux. Excellent choix!"

The newest Olympic sport "Air Soldering"

i can solder air to wire.

White men can't solder

They said you can't light the blasting fuse with a soldering iron. We'll see it...

"Reaction when mommy saw me soldering while i should have been studying"

A Solder Ninja in his natural environment...

10 years later...

TUTORIAL: Locking an "S-Fall" in Attack Position

The Zit is riiiight here

Today on New Product Friday, Eric models our new CSPU. The Cranial Soldering Protection Unit!

Luke ... use the solder!

(if you guys seriouosly please make this helmet an item, one day when I win lottery I'll buy it) Now for contest: To enable root access to VMUniverse/subroutine Earth, fill solder bridge register SB13082021832 and press Reset (Engineering maintenance book to VMUniverse)

A picture that captures the moment where the Sparkfun name had it's origin.

"Tyler, you switched off your targeting computer. What's wrong?"

No reliable intel has been obtained from the Sparkfun flea torture program

Sparkfun, the only place its possible to solder a soul through electronics.

Testing the new Arc Solder gun

Stand Back I am Going to Try Solder!

I seriouosly want this helmet, I'll even buy a bike to go with it! ME WANNA!!!

Tinning with a none RoHS "Road House" compliant solder is dangerous for your health, so protective wear on. Hey, do you know a Jameco Electronics representative pronounce RoHS as "Road House."

"Must. Not. Sneeze."

These SMD parts are EXTREMELY small! Luckily Sparkfun taught me how to solder them safely... With a helmet!

Jim's friends always wondered how he built that electric air guitar...

listen, don't think about the bomb, don't think about the lives at stake, just take a deep breath, focus, and solder the red wire, nice and easy.

You're sure this won't shock me? Promise?

Is it my middle finger gonna get Solder?

Solder between the lines.

Refilling this new tattoo gun just doesn't seem right.

How surface-mount soldering feels the first time around:

As our latest intern is about to demonstrate, the new Sparkfun Soldering Safety Visor and Helmet makes soldering even Magnesium safe AND fashionable!

We've decided to give you a big promotion... You know what, how about I come back later?

Trying to switch over to lead-free solder finally landed him in the padded red room where he could play with all the 60/40 he wanted to!

Omg " brain powered " soldering iron

Horton solders a who!

Sparkfun Electronics... tin it like you mean it!

Must....Create......Antimatter....with....SOLDERING IRON!!!!!

When I'm done with this Laser Eye Surgery I'll be ready to do my own dental work.

Tyler thought he was handy with a soldering iron, until someone showed him the latest yoctoduino kit from Sparkfun.....

Stay on target... Stay on target...

In Soviet Russia, component solder you.

After a very successful Kickstarter, Sparkfun is able to fund a "Safely solder" class for the Who gang in Who-ville.

0.5 seconds after the solder dripped down his sleeve...

The entrance exam to the Royal Canadian Air Force has become even more difficult. Applicants must now prove their ability to withstand torture by soldering a small maple leaf to the head of a pin while listening to Celine Dion.

Sparkfun's latest secret program revealed! Even more secret than "Free Year 2013". It's Men Who Stare At Solder - no really, i can melt this solder using just my mind. Grab your helmet and watch this!

Sparkfun extreme soldering...

"Today, I will attempt a feat that no man before me has succeeded in performing: I will solder ... AIR! (gasps and exclamations from the audience: "the audacity!" ... "he's nuts!")

Sparkfun's own personal OSHA Detector...

No Sparkfun Employees was hurt in this picture while demostrating how not to solder with Potassium Iodate.

(I am sure glad Sparkfun takes their safty so se·ri·ous)

Note to OSHA: Nothing to see here.

Comrade fix own plane in Soviet Russia.

Just a few more seconds and I'm out of this red cardboard prison!

After running out of matches, a somewhat confused Earl attempted to light the fuse of his M80 with a soldering iron.

My precious...

Five more and we'll be able to establish communication with the air.

Umm, maybe it would help to plug in the soldering iron...

The new Sparkfun Augmented Soldering - Infrared Focus (A.S. I.F.) Helmet is currently undergoing trial testing. As you can see, we are having difficulty with the fine tuning of the tracking mechanism...

In todays Engineering Roundtable from SparkFun, we demo our new cold fusion kit! Soldering required!

Alan finally completed his alien communicator

I weld therefore I am.

Soldering microglycerin

SparkFun is testing it's new nitro-methane core solder in the hopes it will speed up production, the 1st test did not go so well, so as shown in this test; a safety helmet and visor was required by OSHA.

the beard says it all

Sure you can catch more flies with honey, but where's the fun in that?

Sparkfun's resident lumberjastronaut putting final touches on a mission-critical chest hair.

Researchers demonstrate that it is possible to solder SMDs without sticking your tongue out.

" Oh my God, I really need to poop...but I cant loose this soldering rampageeeeee!!! >:P"

Solder, y u no tin iron tip!

Burning bugs

The ultimate insult, this is how Russian geeks flip you the bird.

With the completion of my Illudium Q-36 Ant Modulator, ants will long for the days of death by a magnifying glass!

I'm soldering your head! (Kids in the Hall reference)

I give you, the latest addition to the Sparkfun Materiel Command, the S.P.A.R.K. soldier. These soldiers are bred to Solder Parts Any Relative Klick to the front lines. Here we see one of our most decorated, fighting the battle of customer satisfaction with his standard issue 30W soldering iron and rosin core 0.031" guage battle solder.

Attempts to create a Twitter-controlled flea proved more difficult.

Attempts to create a Twitter-controlled flea proved more difficult.

Just one last solderjoint and the AmoebaCam will be complete! Come on, little fella, turn towards me -- that's it ... Steeaaddyyy, ... Stteeeaaaadddddyyyyyy, ...

(๏๏) I think I'm gonna need some protection (๏๏)>⌐■­­­­­-■ (⌐■_■) YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH! ... uses solder ... explodes

Be careful comrades, the tip is veeery hot

Totally engrossed in testing the new brain wave powered soldering iron, a profound realization sets in... "He said asbestos lined flannel safety shirt"!

Soldering is so easy, even Russian-Cosmonaut-Lumberjacks can do it!

Just light the fuse, drop it and run. Just light the fuse, drop it and run. Just li...

This new Sparkfun soldering iron is so awesome I can draw in mid air with it.

"I've got a problem here." "Eject." "I can hold it." "Pull up!" "No, I'm all—Aargh!" *taken from "Star Wars: A New Hope"

Red Bull's newest extreme sport: High-intensity mid-air soldering

...slowly...slowly...

After designing and building the first gnat-sized autonomous vehicle, The Irish Engineer (from Russian) soon realized that making field repairs/modifications to the device would be impossible.

Dammit! This needle is really hard to spin!

The padded red room finally got to Johnny.

Sergeant Solder captured moments before the fun sparked...

Need a helmet in case it blows up in blue smoke!

The new Formula 1 solder proved too fast for ordinary safety glasses: many hakk(o)ers disliked the "explosive flux".

A SparkFun employee prepares to check an unlabeled roll of solder.

I hope this doesn't explode.

"Precision Soldering"

"aye blue smoke!"

And now, almost finished soldering the world's smallest Simon Says kit...

"Here, let me fix that for you. Now, don't move..."

No, not that kind of pin...

ERROR: BOARD NOT FOUND.

That's one small solder for man, and one infinitesimal solder for SparkFun-kind.

Unable to grow a long, thin moustache, Sparkfun man attempts to make one from solder.

This week on The Red Green Show: Red practices soldering using a Virtual Reality Simulator...

This is what happens when you work at Sparkfun and watch Top Gun. "Goose and I happened to see a PIC 28 do a negative voltage. How do I know? It's classified."

Obsolete Russian electrician hits 40 and gets government issued bifocals.

It came to me, my own, my love... my... preciousssss.

Boris will be teaching students to solder in SparkFun's first Asian Education Tour

This is how scientists fuse atoms together to form molecules. Although, he thinks he is protected from the blast radius even though he is fusing Uranium together.

Daniel-San, Man Who Catch Fly With Soldering Iron Accomplish Anything...

Another Myth Busters episode - will it explode?

Those fools called me mad, hahahahahaha

Number 6 of, "Ten Bad Ways to Light a Firecracker".

Using a soldering iron to light the fuse of an M80 firecracker.

Don't try this at home, kids!

After hearing about the incident at last year's soldering competition, Tyler isn't taking any chances.

I AM NOT A SOLDER !!!!!!!

The Sparkfun boxes start their plan to take over the world with mind control helmets! (They really don't have the hang of it yet as there has been reports of weirder Sparkfun employee behaviour)

Tim demonstrates his ill-advised finger soldering technique.

"SMD is getting waaaay too hard these days...."

Soldering is Queasy.

Skunky (solder) joints drive Winifred to turn his iron up to 11. After all, fixing the auto targeting cheezie canon is a high priority. You ever been struck in the eye by a super speed salty snack?

I borrowed the suit from Dr Who; You can see the real me inside my eye (the hi-res photo ofcourse)

Yes, someone married him.

"This will give those guys in Financial the "Spark" they are looking for!!"

OH MANNN!!!!! My Dad is going to be pissed!!!!!!!!!!!

Must .. finish .. before Aliens return!!

No fear of lighting your spark!

We put the Spark, you get the Fun !!!

RoHS Rage!!!

Here's a picture taken during Sparkfun's version of the old Nickelodeon game show Double Dare. What the physical challenges lack in slime they more than makes up for in geekiness.

Nooooo.......Ive been photoshoped........ good one guys

Having found ourselves unprepared for the SparkFun Soldering Competition 2012, we will be ready for anything this year.

I'm almost done with the world's tiniest light saber.

SpeedRacer is soldering a new Microcontroller on to Mach5! Go SpeedRacer Go!!

You're about to go into a meltdown buddy.

Im a professional, but if you see me run, try to keep up

Rebuilding the "Millor Dollar Manning"

Walt attempts his most difficult job yet - Mechanical Flea Circus Repairman.

If I manage to solder a little bit of air it will become an air soldering station, finally I'll have one !!!

They will never make fun of me having an "imaginary" robot friend again!!! Do your stuff Skynet!

I'm going to write history (and tomorrows lottery numbers)

I'm almost there, Mr. Miyagi!!

Canada had "The Red Green Show". We have "The Red Red Show". If the women don't find you handsome, maybe they'll find you handy.

I am as nervous as a long tail cat in a room full of rocking chairs

If only it would sit still where I can focus on it I could do this.

"BEAM ME UP SCOTTY"

Let me pinpoint the solder.

You know Sparkfun is getting older when you hear... "We never had a pick and place machine, we had to solder 0402 resistors like this!"

After straightening his beard and donning his safety gear, Mr. Fantastic-Beard was ready to to go after his nemesis, the wire, with only a soldering iron at his side.

Soldering the worlds smallest SMD part, this should be easy!

Spark. Fun.

Hey Nate! I think that 'customer' wants to talk to you!

Looks like One-eye Jim wrote the new safety policies at Sparkfun.

I didn't want to be an Electrical Engineer, I wanted to be...
A Lumberjack! Leaping from tree to tree as they...

Better to see deadbugs on the bench than on your visor!

The valiant engineer attempts to solder the smallest pitch chip ever made.

Soldering iron. Vood. Fire and protection from ze cold in soviet russia.

Melt, you Solder, or I will melt you with my eyes.

Deep inside the renowned Sparkfun hypercomputer's central core, Dr. Morbo prepares to get on Spark-O-Tron's nerves.

Bob installs a micro pressure switch on the tip of the needle before placing it on Roberts chair....Now we'll know the exact moment he sits on it.

Speed Racers most arch nemesis "Spark Racer" ha ha ha ohhhhh!

3d printing is so last year! I carve plastic filament with nothing but a warm soldering iron.

Why can't I melt this spool of solder?

If you want the ultimate in Internet access, we now have a kit that allows putting an Ethernet port directly into your brain....

Hey Internet, don't panic. I mean, I'm only soldering your heads!!

For his first time soldering, John didn't do so bad.

I really hate SMD parts!

Although not a good idea to light a sparkler with a soldering iron, he did have eye protection

Um... Is that a bungee cord?

Yes HAL, this is going to be highly irregular.

"And they said finding a needle in haystack is difficult"

New soldering helmet - Practical soldering on the go, enjoy it anywhere, even in mid air.

Hei oldman... where are you glasses??

Daft Punk's newest member is still working on his helmet.

We must use extreme caution to solder just the tip... Any more could be dangerous.

This should end well! I wonder why they're making me wear the helmet...

"Welcome to the magic world of electronics... I'll be your guide..."

"In Soviet Russia, Sparkfun solders you!"

What? Momma always called this my special solder hat.

Sadly, no one thought the new pilot for "fEEr factor" was any good.

Self improvement,...

Testing out a new method for lighting sparklers.

Just solder it. SparkfuN.

In America, you try to melt solder. In Soviet Russia, solder tries to melt YOU!

I hope this is the righ thing.

"Sparkfun Powers Activate!"

This is Red Five; I'm going in!

"Yes Mrs. Sinclair. Little Bobby really seemed to enjoy our Intro to Soldering class."

Almost there.... Aaaaahhhhh, and the crowd goes wild!

Surely molten solder dripping on me will toughen up my fingers.

If my insurance would only allow me to use a new catheter every time ...

URI GELLER SOLDERS SMT WITH HIS MIND!

Shortly after earning his EE, Bob began his career by inventing a new variation of the middle finger salute.

I didn't know people could actually make a face half decently resembling :-(

2013: The year we made Contact.

News from the Lab: SparkFun's patent-pending In-Flight Repair Jumpsuit Liner clinicals are underway. Initial results indicate "on/off" switches are desirable.

When we opened our new wave soldering machine, we found this guy inside.

Lester finally decided to face his fear of soldering.

If these surface mount components get any smaller I'm going to have to switch to hot air.

Here in its natural habitat, a rare specimen attempts to attract a mate by creating a pungent aroma. Little does he know, the life of a Lumberjack Pilot is usually a solitary one.

Maverick: Tower, this is Ghost Rider requesting a flyby. Air Boss Johnson: Negative, Ghost Rider, the pattern is full.