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Ok...now I'm jealous!
Xam:
--- Quote from: Naru on April 23, 2007, 10:56:07 pm ---It is a lot like holding a pencil or paintbrush
so the artist in him probably did feel at home.
Good thing he didn't get burnt. Ha ha, I hate
it when that happens.
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Yup...I been burned once or ten times... :laugh2:
My older son got a burn when I was desoldring a wire...the wire popped up and a small bit of solder (pin head sized) got on his hand. This probably explains his hesitancy to try his hand at it.
--- Quote from: SavannahLion on April 23, 2007, 11:50:51 pm ---He learned from the parent, watched how parent screwed up, then decided to avoid screwing up like parent.
You did a good job raising him thus far, why are you complaining?
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Not complaining...bragging! :cheers:
And stating the fact that he solders better than me on his first go.
--- Quote from: MaximRecoil on April 24, 2007, 12:48:12 am ---Soldering came naturally to me too, and I am a natural artist (drawing mostly), though I don't draw very often because it is tedious.
However, I also had a $500 Metcal MX-500 soldering iron to learn on (the handle is amazingly ergonomic with the shortest "tip-to-grip" distance in the business, making it very much like using a pen or pencil), professionals to teach me, and 1000 PCB's a night to "practice" on -- i.e., I worked in a PCB factory, inspecting and soldering boards.
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Well...the iron he uses cost about $7.00 :laugh2:
Not quite ready for PCBs yet. When I showed him the Keywiz hubs, he said
"Ummm...maybe you should do those Dad".
Are you a lefty also Maxim?
--- Quote from: shorthair on April 24, 2007, 08:14:50 pm ---Xam, any time someone in your sphere can do something better than you, it's a sign to make - um, let them do it.
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I was thinking maybe manipulate...err ask them to do it... :laugh2:
Xam
MaximRecoil:
--- Quote from: Xam on April 24, 2007, 10:52:25 pm ---Well...the iron he uses cost about $7.00 :laugh2:
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Yeah, the one I have here at home is a $7 Radio Shack special. I hate it. I can solder with it but it feels clumsy as an off ox. I loved the Metcal's we had at work. One of these days I'm going to buy me a Metcal of some kind. I don't need the top-end MX-500, most any Metcal will do...they all have that awesome handle with the short tip-to-grip distance, and the quick-change tip cartridges. They take about 5 seconds from the time you turn them on to heat to 700°F. The tips are really well designed, and the one I preferred at work, what we called the "hockey stick" tip, had a perfect shape and angle on it for both through-hole and surface-mount soldering.
--- Quote ---Not quite ready for PCBs yet. When I showed him the Keywiz hubs, he said
"Ummm...maybe you should do those Dad".
Are you a lefty also Maxim?
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Nope. My older brother and younger sister are also natural artists and right-handed. We also have nearly identical handwriting. My older sister, who is also the oldest of us, is the odd one out. She has typical "girlie" handwriting and can't draw at all -- but she is right-handed like the rest of us.
Xam:
--- Quote from: MaximRecoil on April 24, 2007, 11:37:06 pm ---
--- Quote from: Xam on April 24, 2007, 10:52:25 pm ---Well...the iron he uses cost about $7.00 :laugh2:
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Yeah, the one I have here at home is a $7 Radio Shack special. I hate it. I can solder with it but it feels clumsy as an off ox. I loved the Metcal's we had at work. One of these days I'm going to buy me a Metcal of some kind. I don't need the top-end MX-500, most any Metcal will do...they all have that awesome handle with the short tip-to-grip distance, and the quick-change tip cartridges. They take about 5 seconds from the time you turn them on to heat to 700°F. The tips are really well designed, and the one I preferred at work, what we called the "hockey stick" tip, had a perfect shape and angle on it for both through-hole and surface-mount soldering.
--- Quote ---Not quite ready for PCBs yet. When I showed him the Keywiz hubs, he said
"Ummm...maybe you should do those Dad".
Are you a lefty also Maxim?
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Nope. My older brother and younger sister are also natural artists and right-handed. We also have nearly identical handwriting. My older sister, who is also the oldest of us, is the odd one out. She has typical "girlie" handwriting and can't draw at all -- but she is right-handed like the rest of us.
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LOL!...We probably have the same iron. It is a bit clumsy as the tip is about 50 yards from the grip.
I got one lefty in the family...well...he does most things left handed. He plays golf, solders, and writes left. In basketball, he dribbles right and shoots left. In baseball he's left.
I am also in the non-artistic category...he did not get that skill from me.
Xam
MaximRecoil:
--- Quote from: Xam on April 25, 2007, 09:31:21 pm ---LOL!...We probably have the same iron. It is a bit clumsy as the tip is about 50 yards from the grip.
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Yup, I know all about it. It is like trying to write or draw while gripping the pencil halfway up instead of down close to the tip. For most soldering jobs those cheap irons are fine, but I'd hate to try to do anything particularly precise with one (like surface-mount), or even worse, be on a production line with one.
--- Quote ---I got one lefty in the family...well...he does most things left handed. He plays golf, solders, and writes left. In basketball, he dribbles right and shoots left. In baseball he's left.
I am also in the non-artistic category...he did not get that skill from me.
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I seem to recall something about my older brother showing some tendencies toward left-handedness when he was young, like at the dinner table I think (using his left hand for utensils) but my father "broke" him of it, lol. He is to this day the most ambidextrous of us kids (I'm not even remotely ambidextrous).
Both of our parents are decidedly non-artistic as well, yet three out of four of us kids are natural artists. It is funny how genes work.
bfauska:
I am a fan of the precision offered by the soldering gun myself :banghead: :laugh2:. I first learned to solder with one of these and good god they can be a bear. I realize they are not designed for intricate stuff, but it's all we had, now however I quite like a basic iron with good heat control.