Dumb tip of the day for idiots
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Dumb tip of the day for idiots
Tip: If holding a bare wire in your fingers and touching it anywhere with an iron.. first and always put a couple 90° bends in the wire so it will lose at least 180° before the heat gets to your fingers.
Auch.
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Never done that, but if I did...
At times like that I really wish someone would invent pointy nose pliers.
And heat that only travels in one direction.
On a brighter note, you can create some neat maps on your finger tips.
Don't try this at home children - it's only for the professionals.
At times like that I really wish someone would invent pointy nose pliers.
And heat that only travels in one direction.
On a brighter note, you can create some neat maps on your finger tips.
Don't try this at home children - it's only for the professionals.
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Heat? One direction? Yeah! That is a woman and those things hate me!
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Talk about heat. Just got out of the 7th circle of hell which, in tonight's case, was with my woman. Huh, go figure! Glad I got out of there tonight.
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Reeltarded wrote:
Tip: If holding a bare wire in your fingers and touching it anywhere with an iron.. first and always put a couple 90° bends in the wire so it will lose at least 180° before the heat gets to your fingers.
Auch.
You could just leave the amp on while you are soldering and the current will carry the heat away.
I just use my fingers for heatsinks it takes a lot to burn em .You have to suffer for your art.The ones on my right hand barley work so that oughta teach em
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Also, don't pickup the buss wire and try soldering with it, doesn't work too well, don't ask how I know.
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Yeah, tinning a bus wire while holding it does not work either.
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Well then, how in the hell are you supposed to solder stuff to your fingers???Reeltarded wrote:
Tip: If holding a bare wire in your fingers and touching it anywhere with an iron.. first and always put a couple 90° bends in the wire so it will lose at least 180° before the heat gets to your fingers.
Auch.
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Fire's hot.
I have to remind myself of that every so often.
I have to remind myself of that every so often.
Don't you boys know any NICE songs?
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These are all good questions that I have no answers for but right now I have more serious things to deal with.
Anyone know how to get blood out of a clown suit? It's a rental.
Anyone know how to get blood out of a clown suit? It's a rental.
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Reeltarded wrote:
Tip: If holding a bare wire in your fingers and touching it anywhere with an iron.. first and always put a couple 90° bends in the wire so it will lose at least 180° before the heat gets to your fingers.
Auch.
I'm confused. How do you get the bends to exactly 90°. No matter how low I set my soldering station, it just won't cool down that much. What am I doing wrong?
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I lay my wire out in the bright sunlight before soldering.
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You're lucky.Reeltarded wrote:I lay my wire out in the bright sunlight before soldering.
Up here, code says all our wiring must be buried below the frost line. Frost line is four feet down.
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Why would I put the wire where I stashed the billion dollars I found?
Oh crap.. I mean IF I HAD stashed a billion dollars that I found.. if I found it, which I shouldn't say intil I can get to a bank on Monday. Oh crap.. Tuesday.
Oh crap.. I mean IF I HAD stashed a billion dollars that I found.. if I found it, which I shouldn't say intil I can get to a bank on Monday. Oh crap.. Tuesday.
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