[bundee1]

Im looking to take a class or buy a video on how to solder. Anyone know of any workshops or videos available in NYC?

[Occam]

Bundee,

I don't know of anything in NYC (I live in Park Slope), but there are good videos here -
http://tangentsoft.net/elec/movies/
that cover -

Getting Started Soldering
TT #1: Basic Soldering Equipment — My advice on the basic equipment necessary for DIY electronics work. 27 minutes.

TT #2: Basic Soldering Techniques — How to solder thru-hole components, plus basic advice for all sorts of soldering. 9 minutes.

TT #3: Surface Mount Soldering Techniques — How to solder surface-mount components using only basic DIYer equipment. Covers SO-8 chips and 2-lead parts in 1206 and larger size packages. 14 minutes.

TT #4: How to Desolder Electronic Parts — How to remove electronic parts from circuit boards. Focuses on typical tools and simpler part cases, but does touch on special tools and more difficult desoldering problems. 14 minutes.

TT #5: How to Clean Circuit Boards — How to clean rosin flux from circuit boards. Covers choices for solvents, tools and techniques. 8 minutes.

Test Equipment
TT #6: How to Use a Multimeter — How to use a digital multimeter. Covers DC and AC voltage, resistance, continuity, diode, and current measurements, using both autoranging and manual ranging meters. 29 minutes.

Creating Circuit Boards with EAGLE....

FWIW,
Paul

[JoshK]

Paul always have the best sources of information on the net. 

I would just say to do a little searching on the net, cause there are lots of good tutorials on how to solder properly.  Then buy yourself a cheap electronics kit off ebay or elsewhere, even junked electronics and practice soldering and de-soldering components. 

[bundee1]

Thanks, looks promising. Ive tried before and it seems Im all thumbs.

[dyson]

http://solder.net/technical/iPodtips.asp has some great video tutorials.  Beware of some of the videos on Utube.  There are a lot of hacks that think they know how to solder.

dyson

[WGH]

Jim Hagerman has a soldering video on surface mount devices
http://www.hagtech.com/media/solder.wmv