IN the over forty years I have used lead bearing solder, I have never seen or
You hold the part with your left hand, the iron with your right, and the solder in your teeth.
That worked well for me over the past 50 years. Is there any other method that doesn't require three hands?
Don
Buy a good circuit vise that can be tilted, rotated, etc. Best thing I ever spent a lot of money on... had it now for probably 30 years.
I have a couple of those too, but my jaw muscles cramp too soon due to the weight.
Don
Mmmm. Raspberry.
If it upsets you so greatly, Clarence, you could always wrap a large loop of the solder tightly around your neck and feed it into the active area by leaning forward.
Cheers!
Sir Charles W. Shults III, K. B. B. Xenotech Research
321-206-1840
I have no problem soldering. I even know how. It is ignorance that I find upsetting, along with pride in that ignorance.
I long ago learned that if you put the solder in a tube and attach a ring to the tube, you can apply solder to the work by moving one finger. While holding the component with tweezers. The iron is held in the other hand.
are
You may scoff now - but just wait and see in the future.
They scoffed at the chocolate aeroplane at the beginning. Now they are eating their words.
So you have nothing of value to say and THINK your funny?
As usual, your wrong!
There are a few groups who are using the rarely reported cases of someone actually eating old lead paint and haveing symptoms to give them some supposed credibility. Other than the political scare tactics there is few actual reports of anyone affected by "exposure to lead" in any form, and no reports of ill effects to exposure to solid metallic lead as used in solder. The vapors are flux, not lead which only becomes a hot Simi-liquid. (Plastic) No you should not inhale flux fumes, nor tars and nicotine from tobacco!
This is a phony issue, not a real threat to any large numbers of people!
No. The main reason for not holding the solder in your teeth is so that you can hold an air extraction tube in your mouth. Just sucking clears away all those nasty smoky fumes which block your view. Besides, how do you spool the reel of solder in your mouth (unless you have a lot more dextirity than me).
Trouble is, that in large quantities, the antibacterial core can harm the useful bacteria in your mouth and gut. If you use this, you need to remove the residue by rinsing once daily with mercury, or better yet, cyanide. This will pretty much eliminate all problems you will experience from having a bacterial imbalance.
-Ed
LOL!, I like that ! :))
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