Soldering Projects

How To Solder Leftover Project Materials into Useful Stuff
By Jessika Toothman, HowStuffWorks.com

If you're the kind of person who digs the challenge of DIY projects, you've probably ended up with an assortment of leftover materials littered around your workbench. Nuts and bolts, scraps of metal, piles of stained glass, empty bottles, old electronics—starting to sound familiar?

This is a DIYer's Shangri-La. It's where the thought of "These are all elements of a cool project" meets "Hey, hand me that soldering iron" and the creative sparks start flying.

Whether you want to use the materials at hand for a steampunk Victorian creation or cutting-edge customization—well, that's up to you.