solderers

Circuit board workers

Solderers are people who solder—joining metal parts by melting a filler metal into the joint.

The term applies to workers in electronics manufacturing, plumbing, jewelry making, and similar trades: The solderers on the assembly line worked in shifts.

Also refers casually to hobbyists: weekend solderers building their own circuits.

metalwork

flux

Continuous change or flow

  • tinElement fifty, Sn
  • leadDense metal, symbol Pb
  • silverLustrous white precious metal

copper · alloy · brazing · tinning · fillet · lap joint · melting · torch · workbench · spool

welding

brazing

Filler-metal bonding process

  • torchHandheld burning light source
  • arcCurved line segment
  • tigTouch-based chasing game

mig · fusion · puddle · bead · penetration · electrode · hot work · spatter · autogenous

circuitry

motherboard

Computer's primary circuit platform

capacitor · diode · semiconductor · integrated circuit · electronic components · breadboard · trace · schematic · conductive · node

craftspeople

artisan

Skilled manual tradesperson

plumber · hobbyist · apprentice · journeyman · expertise · precision · skill · steady hand · magnification · workshop

Categories
Opposites
joining vs. separating

solderersdisassemblers

Software reversing binary to assembly

cutters · demolishers · dismantlers · strippers

method of joining metals

soldererswelders

Those who fuse metals

arc welders

Family

soldered, solderer, unsoldered

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G