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June 27, 2007 at 9:16 pm #1041778
soldering is the devil, i burnt my fucking hand melted all the plastic on the thing i was soldering and has totally fucked it up AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHshitfuckcunt!!!!!!!!
June 27, 2007 at 9:17 pm #1114411OUUUCH
nasty – run it under the cold tap till it stops smarting and then put some neat lavendar oil on it :flowers:
June 27, 2007 at 9:17 pm #1134728OUUUCH
nasty – run it under the cold tap till it stops smarting and then put some neat lavendar oil on it :flowers:
June 27, 2007 at 9:21 pm #1114415cheers raj, throbbing has stopped
i need a soldering gun, rather than an iron, im so shit at soldering and the iron i have now is way to big i think
June 27, 2007 at 9:21 pm #1134732cheers raj, throbbing has stopped
i need a soldering gun, rather than an iron, im so shit at soldering and the iron i have now is way to big i think
June 27, 2007 at 9:25 pm #1114412get a decent lighter gas one then you dont have to handle the bloody cable [that always caused me no end of grief…]
we now use one of these
June 27, 2007 at 9:25 pm #1134729get a decent lighter gas one then you dont have to handle the bloody cable [that always caused me no end of grief…]
we now use one of these
June 28, 2007 at 9:29 am #1114418I know what you mean, I used to have having the light cheapo blue ones (when I was a nipper) with the stiff black cables, made it a bloody pain to keep in the stand. I used to harvest electronic components by going round the back of the local electricals store where they had the knackered returned appliances, removing what I could with my little tool kit, taking it all home in my backpack and getting to work on them… I’d melt the solder on a pin and pull the component through, sometimes with bare fingers. Lots of burns but well worth it!
Those were the days…
June 28, 2007 at 9:29 am #1134735I know what you mean, I used to have having the light cheapo blue ones (when I was a nipper) with the stiff black cables, made it a bloody pain to keep in the stand. I used to harvest electronic components by going round the back of the local electricals store where they had the knackered returned appliances, removing what I could with my little tool kit, taking it all home in my backpack and getting to work on them… I’d melt the solder on a pin and pull the component through, sometimes with bare fingers. Lots of burns but well worth it!
Those were the days…
June 28, 2007 at 11:13 am #1114408Learn how to solder properly then 😉
I really enjoy it, my 7th birthday present was an Antex soldering iron :biggreen:
June 28, 2007 at 11:13 am #1134725Learn how to solder properly then 😉
I really enjoy it, my 7th birthday present was an Antex soldering iron :biggreen:
June 28, 2007 at 11:19 am #1114416cheers for that link, i dont do much soldering but may have to buy one of those, i got the blue one with the thick cable, winston. and i should learn, u wanna teach 😉 , im never being a computer mechanic or techie ever to much hurt
June 28, 2007 at 11:19 am #1134733cheers for that link, i dont do much soldering but may have to buy one of those, i got the blue one with the thick cable, winston. and i should learn, u wanna teach 😉 , im never being a computer mechanic or techie ever to much hurt
June 28, 2007 at 11:22 am #1114413Solder burns fookin kill! So you have me sympathy for that, but really just use a bit of care and you shouldnt end up burning yourself or screwing up anything around what you are soldering.
I have sat on my bed and soldered in the past with no major issues, well there are no holes in my bed sheets and i never burnt the house down! raaa
June 28, 2007 at 11:22 am #1134730Solder burns fookin kill! So you have me sympathy for that, but really just use a bit of care and you shouldnt end up burning yourself or screwing up anything around what you are soldering.
I have sat on my bed and soldered in the past with no major issues, well there are no holes in my bed sheets and i never burnt the house down! raaa
June 28, 2007 at 11:24 am #1114417its cos i rarely if ever solder and i just wanted to soleder this electric piezo microphone back and the solder end was just tooo big for it, pity
June 28, 2007 at 11:24 am #1134734its cos i rarely if ever solder and i just wanted to soleder this electric piezo microphone back and the solder end was just tooo big for it, pity
June 28, 2007 at 11:46 am #1114414Playground Politics wrote:its cos i rarely if ever solder and i just wanted to soleder this electric piezo microphone back and the solder end was just tooo big for it, pityNope i dont often do soldering either, thinking of tackling me scoot to re-do some of the wiring loom later :crazy_diz
June 28, 2007 at 11:46 am #1134731Playground Politics wrote:its cos i rarely if ever solder and i just wanted to soleder this electric piezo microphone back and the solder end was just tooo big for it, pityNope i dont often do soldering either, thinking of tackling me scoot to re-do some of the wiring loom later :crazy_diz
June 28, 2007 at 11:48 am #1114410/me remembers chipping PS1’s
that was tough but not as hard as the PS2 :crazy:
June 28, 2007 at 11:48 am #1134727/me remembers chipping PS1’s
that was tough but not as hard as the PS2 :crazy:
June 28, 2007 at 11:57 am #1114409soldering is one of those skills where practice helps.(as well as getting a decent soldering iron and the right size for the job).
I used to actually build stuff out of discrete components (like winstonsmith mentions), I have repaired stuff to component level before.. I can (or could) just about deal with SMDs (surface mount devices) but find them extremely fiddly.
I fear my own skills have got rusty as I haven’t done much since 2001-02, when I moved from hardware/embedded systems work to software development and more recently to a management position….
Nowadays I end up sitting in front of a computer and don’t deal with the hardware side of things quite as much, particularly since stopping major involvment in free parties at the end of 2005… (where I would help out my then local crew with wiring/power distribution etc)
June 28, 2007 at 11:57 am #1134726soldering is one of those skills where practice helps.(as well as getting a decent soldering iron and the right size for the job).
I used to actually build stuff out of discrete components (like winstonsmith mentions), I have repaired stuff to component level before.. I can (or could) just about deal with SMDs (surface mount devices) but find them extremely fiddly.
I fear my own skills have got rusty as I haven’t done much since 2001-02, when I moved from hardware/embedded systems work to software development and more recently to a management position….
Nowadays I end up sitting in front of a computer and don’t deal with the hardware side of things quite as much, particularly since stopping major involvment in free parties at the end of 2005… (where I would help out my then local crew with wiring/power distribution etc)
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