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Originally Posted by taylorpoz 
Thanks to everyone for some great advice. I like what you said, Uncle Erik, about heading up to radio shack and buying some cheap parts and a breadboard (what exactly is that? same as a PC board?) and just messing around with soldering to get my basic skills down. I think I'm gunna head by our local shack and do exactly that in the next few days! Also, thank you for the safety tips; goggles never would have crossed my mind, nor would ventilation in my garage where my dad's workbench is.
I've never used goggles for soldering... not sure it's necessary. I don't use ventilation either but it's probably not great to inhale solder fumes... Oh well. I'll live.
