Iron, flux, brush and bit

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1. Where a joint is soldered
2. The filler melts first
3. Iron, flux, brush and bit
4. Rosin on the electrical joint
5. A bench that harms nobody
6. Clean and fitted before heat
7. Heat the lug, then the solder
8. Read the finished joint
9. Make one sound lug
10. Why the lug has to be sound