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Senap
February 5th, 2007, 04:08 PM
Here a stupid q for ya'.
We just remodeled our control room and soldered two 24-par snakes (what a boring way to spend two nights...) and my back hurts from leaning towards the workbench. God...
Anyway. After two days I still have the taste of tin in my mouth. I know that the smoke and fumes can't be good for you but how dangerous is it?
Should I write my will? (yeah right... like somebody's going to hit the jackpot if they're in it... :Roll eyes: )
Tim Halligan
February 5th, 2007, 04:28 PM
Notify your next of kin. :D
It ain't great for you...but because you're not doing this for a living, I wouldn't stress too much.
Cheers,
Tim
lebouche
February 5th, 2007, 04:32 PM
That just gave me an idea...what if all leave our gear to a specific club that we all join and it is shared out randomly to the club members when we blow our fuses?
People could apply that to all sorts of hobbys.
Sorry I'm quite wierd...:Confused:
Senap
February 5th, 2007, 04:33 PM
Notify your next of kin. :D
I have. She's getting the Beerswinger Toobcomposer. It's broken, but what does she know about compressors anyway?
Senap
February 5th, 2007, 04:36 PM
That just gave me an idea...what if all leave our gear to a specific club that we all join and it is shared out randomly to the club members when we blow our fuses?
People could apply that to all sorts of hobbys.
Sorry I'm quite wierd...:Confused:
Ok. The Beerswinger is going to the club instead. It's still broken, but what do you guys know about compressors anyways?
She's getting the 24-par multi snake that killed me.
slabrock
February 5th, 2007, 09:36 PM
Anyway. After two days I still have the taste of tin in my mouth. I know that the smoke and fumes can't be good for you but how dangerous is it?
It's not smoke of tin or lead. It's resin, the sticky stuff that comes with firs, pines and christmas trees. It's not harmful but you're wise to blow it away from your face when soldering because the smoke can and will irritate you, as you now have noticed.
:lol: :lol:
I once decided to re-wire my two effects racks with 75 ohm coaxial, and do the soldering myself. 285 lines. I still haven't finished that, but i will. One day. :Wink:
I have the connectors and cabling ready, several rolls of resincore solder and a good soldering station. I just don't feel like doing that any more after the first part.
Peace,
Slabrock
Brendo
February 6th, 2007, 12:33 AM
My soldering process:
1. Tin the wires
2. Hold iron against joint
3. Start blowing
4. Press solder against joint until it melts all over
5. Remove solder
6. Stop blowing
It keeps that nasty shit outta my eyes...
bunnerabb
February 6th, 2007, 01:01 AM
http://www.picvault.info/images/537029581_stonedead.jpg
You'll be stone dead in a moment!
MacGregor
February 6th, 2007, 01:15 AM
...
3. Start blowing
6. Stop blowing
[Gearslutz-mode=on]
Nothing an old computer fan can't do better!
[Gearslutz-mode=off]
At least when you're soldering.
MacNerd
Brendo
February 6th, 2007, 03:33 AM
Nothing an old computer fan can't do better!
Would that not cool the joint too much?
eagan
February 6th, 2007, 05:15 AM
Mac is right.
Go into any shop where people spend their days sitting at a bench all day soldering, and more than likely you'll find a little boxer fan nearby positioned to suck the smoke away. A little less tedious than constantly blowing smoke out of your face all day. It won't affect the soldering, the idea is to position it a little up and back so it collects the smoke, you don't need a wind tunnel for this.
And, no, just going the "manual" route and blowing the smoke away yourself won't cool off the joint too much either. You don't blow ON what you're soldering, you blow away the cloud of smoke rising from there.
As far as that goes, if you do cool off the work being soldered too much, the solder won't flow properly and this will become pretty apparent anyway, right?
The bigger problem is there are a lot of people who will pick up an iron and have at stuff who don't actually know how to solder correctly to begin with.
Don't laugh, kids. I might be talking about you.
JLE
Stick
February 8th, 2007, 01:29 AM
The bigger problem is there are a lot of people who will pick up an iron and have at stuff who don't actually know how to solder correctly to begin with.
Don't laugh, kids. I might be talking about you.
Hey! I resemble that remark!
I've managed to solder a few joints on my little XLR patch bay, and by some miracle, they're working. I had Redco do most of it. :Thumbsup:
stoner
February 9th, 2007, 10:55 PM
I have worked with electronics for years and actually asked my doctor about inhaling rosin core soldier smoke and he said “well it’s better than acid core. Ha, Ha, Ha!”
I’m kidding.
He did not seem very concerned about it.
:Wink: