I wouldn't recommend it. I do pyrography, and used one that screws in the tip. Thought I'd turned it off > 10 minutes ago, and used my index and thumb to start unscrewing it.
I could first hear it. Like a tiny sizzle, imagine miniature bacon. It feels cold, but then I started understanding what the sound was.
Then I realised I'd just gotten burned. Hard. It's not big, but I kept my fingers in water for a while to cool. Now I just have tiny scars that looks cool.
I'd rate it at 3/10.
I know you said it as a joke, and I have no idea why I wrote this reply, but here we are. Do with it as you please.
I solved it by using cannulas. They are made from stainless steel, and solder won't touch it. They were thin enough to separate the pin from the through-hole. It still was nerve-wracking. That was my main machine I was working on, a nearly prototype Amiga 1000 that had cost me a fortune.
Am Here do that all my spending is into projects gonna buy a Vetter one soon tho cuz i need to möge a resistor on a 0 w to allow sautering in a ufl smd
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slazer2au@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 2y
Soldering screwdriver
Ziglin@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
2 in 1 and if you have a good one it comes with extra bits so you can just pull that one off with your bare fingers and put a new one in.
slazer2au@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
While it's hot right?
PinkPanther@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 2y
I wouldn't recommend it. I do pyrography, and used one that screws in the tip. Thought I'd turned it off > 10 minutes ago, and used my index and thumb to start unscrewing it.
I could first hear it. Like a tiny sizzle, imagine miniature bacon. It feels cold, but then I started understanding what the sound was.
Then I realised I'd just gotten burned. Hard. It's not big, but I kept my fingers in water for a while to cool. Now I just have tiny scars that looks cool.
I'd rate it at 3/10.
I know you said it as a joke, and I have no idea why I wrote this reply, but here we are. Do with it as you please.
blahsay@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
Whoa what are they soldering? Barn walls?
picnicolas@slrpnk.net · 7 pts · 2y
It’s likely for stained glass windows.
blahsay@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Huh interesting - thanks
Madison420@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
caseyweederman@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 2y
I dunno why it took me this many years to learn this but USE MORE FLUX. Seriously. Use so much flux.
Treczoks@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Been there, did that. With a similar iron, I unsoldered am MC68000 CPU (DIL64) from a mainboard. Neither ruining the chip nor the board was an option.
vxx@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
The big tip might be advantageous to desoldering a 64 Pin chip with through hole mounting.
Add lots of soldier wire and a big tip might alow you to apply heat equally so you can pull the chip out.
Still not an easy task, but easier than some tiny microsoldering tip.
Treczoks@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
I solved it by using cannulas. They are made from stainless steel, and solder won't touch it. They were thin enough to separate the pin from the through-hole. It still was nerve-wracking. That was my main machine I was working on, a nearly prototype Amiga 1000 that had cost me a fortune.
DriftinGrifter@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 2y
Am Here do that all my spending is into projects gonna buy a Vetter one soon tho cuz i need to möge a resistor on a 0 w to allow sautering in a ufl smd
satans_crackpipe@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y