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I am a terrible solderer
Trimoor:
You just beat me to the post oceanman93, but here is a pic of a solder helper:
Very usefull, once you scrap the magnifier. (My eyes are fine!)
fatbasta:
Speaking of soldering.... Has anyone tried those new coldheat soldering irons? They use 4 aa and what looks like a ceramic tip. It's supposed to heat instantly and cool instantly. I keep seeing them advertised on TV. I'm always afraid that one of my kids will end-up getting hurt on the the one I'm using now. It takes so long for it to heat and cool down.
versapak:
I haven't used one personally, but I have heard opinoins on it.
Most say that it works excellently, except for the fact that it only has a fat tip, so any fine soldering is going to require the tried and true that we are used to.
fatbasta:
I just happened on a lengthy discussion on the merits of the Coldheat soldering device.
krick:
I find it helps immensely to put EXTRA solder on a joint before trying to use the solder sucker.
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