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Offline BrumbyTopic starter

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« Last Edit: December 08, 2018, 11:36:11 am by Brumby »
 

Offline tooki

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Re: When you need another pair of hands when soldering....
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2018, 12:09:07 pm »
1. The world deserves to see Simone Giertz attempt a version of these.
2. Dear god, I can barely coordinate the limbs I already have. If I had to control a soldering iron with my foot like in the video, I'd probably end up stabbing myself in the eye with the working end…
 
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Re: When you need another pair of hands when soldering....
« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2018, 08:15:46 pm »
When I feel the need for an extra pair (or two) of hands I just reach out for these:

https://www.circuitspecialists.com/content/98947/zd-10f-0.jpg

One of the best tools I have ever bought, fabulous for soldering together cable ends and of you make the base a bit bigger it doesn't tip over as often. Extra points if you connect it via a 1M ohm resistor to your ESD ground.
Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.

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Re: When you need another pair of hands when soldering....
« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2018, 11:35:11 am »
I'm sure (?) most others can do it, but I was impressed recently, watching 'bigclivedotcom'
on Youtube recently. Soldering-iron in one hand of course, but wires held between thumb
and forefinger, while holding the solder with the next two fingers. MY old hands struggle now !!
See 9:25 in video...
Diagonal of 1x1 square = Root-2. Ok.
Diagonal of 1x1x1 cube = Root-3 !!!  Beautiful !!
 


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