I have very little soldering experience, but every once in a while at work I have to use a soldering iron to install heat-set threaded inserts into 3d prints.
The little machine that controls the soldering iron only has a power button and knob, and no indication that it is heating up or hot or even working. Each time I use it I convince myself that it isn’t on and have to test it. And each time I briefly consider using my hand. It’s always super hot.
I always poke it into the person sitting next to me to check if it’s hot. Their scream together with their sizzling skin and meat is a very satisfying noise too.
for anyone viewing this picture who is thinking of learning how to solder, don’t hold it there, thats the hot part.
You can tell by the charred parts underneath her fingers.
Speaking from experience: you do that one time and then never again.
lmao yes
Like never again that week? Or… What’s a normal amount of time for that?
About an hour before you are cleared to try again.
You’re a coward if you still have feeling in your finger tips
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Is that also how I learn about trickle down economics and pulling on my own bootstraps?
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If you smell burnt chicken, you’re holding it wrong!
I have very little soldering experience, but every once in a while at work I have to use a soldering iron to install heat-set threaded inserts into 3d prints.
The little machine that controls the soldering iron only has a power button and knob, and no indication that it is heating up or hot or even working. Each time I use it I convince myself that it isn’t on and have to test it. And each time I briefly consider using my hand. It’s always super hot.
To check if it’s hot I always just poke it into the wet sponge to hear the hiss. It’s also a very satisfying noise.
I always poke it into the person sitting next to me to check if it’s hot. Their scream together with their sizzling skin and meat is a very satisfying noise too.
we got a soldering iron with a flashlight in the handle, so when it’s hot it’s bright
It not only gets hot, it rapidly gets hot. At my university, it takes a couple of minutes (2 or 3) to reach the Max temperature of 800°F
not true when i got it out of the drawer the whole thing was cold