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[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 22 points 7 months ago
[-] Ziglin@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

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 points 7 months ago
[-] PinkPanther@sh.itjust.works 12 points 7 months ago

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 10 points 7 months ago

Whoa what are they soldering? Barn walls?

[-] picnicolas@slrpnk.net 6 points 7 months ago

It’s likely for stained glass windows.

[-] blahsay@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Huh interesting - thanks

[-] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 4 points 7 months ago

I dunno why it took me this many years to learn this but USE MORE FLUX. Seriously. Use so much flux.

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

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 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

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 2 points 7 months ago

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 points 6 months ago

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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