I've just found out something very interesting:
My mother-in-law of all people is d*mn good with a soldering iron!
It seems a few years ago a lot of housewives made a bit of extra money by making up PCB's @ home for electronics companies...
...Looks like I've got someone to help me out with the tricky stuff & hopefully some hands-on teaching too.
You never know, I may even get good @ this myself.