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[Steve]

Painting the kitchen... 

 

Page 1 advice:  put it off for another day/week/year/decade

Page 2: pay someone else to do it

All finished... 

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[Grumpmeister]

Painting the kitchen... 

 

Page 1 advice:  put it off for another day/week/year/decade

Page 2: pay someone else to do it

All finished... 

?

You think he's made that little mess? I didn't have you pegged as an optimist. 

[Barman]

 


Lovely job... 

[Steve]

Apart from the cat stuff and general couch potatoing today is (stupid) Steve v the Torch part deux

So a while back a brilliant (literally) pocket torch stopped working.  (Note that they are only a fiver each)

So after much procrastination (I am an expert) eventually yesterday i took it apart found the obvious fault (soldered joint broken) but could I find my electronics type soldering iron in my tip of a garage?  No

Choices were:
a)  just sling torch away - did get a brighter different one for Crimbo
b)  buy a replacement for ~£6 - that I don't really need
c) keep searching for said veteran soldering iron
d) try using my even older Weller Soldering gun but it is a bit of a beast and easily damages electronicery
e) buy new soldering iron for ~£16  - they do look good
f) think it out again
g) just open a bottle of something alcoholic and all will seem fine (for a while)

So of course I went for (e)and it's just arrived.  Procrastination will likely win the day though

[Barman]

Apart from the cat stuff and general couch potatoing today is (stupid) Steve v the Torch part deux

So a while back a brilliant (literally) pocket torch stopped working.  (Note that they are only a fiver each)

So after much procrastination (I am an expert) eventually yesterday i took it apart found the obvious fault (soldered joint broken) but could I find my electronics type soldering iron in my tip of a garage?  No

Choices were:
a)  just sling torch away - did get a brighter different one for Crimbo
b)  buy a replacement for ~£6 - that I don't really need
c) keep searching for said veteran soldering iron
d) try using my even older Weller Soldering gun but it is a bit of a beast and easily damages electronicery
e) buy new soldering iron for ~£16  - they do look good
f) think it out again
g) just open a bottle of something alcoholic and all will seem fine (for a while)

So of course I went for (e)and it's just arrived.  Procrastination will likely win the day though

Does it come with Lead-free solder...? Hopefully you have some proper stuff in the garage...

My 'big' soldering iron packed up the other week when it came to putting the pinball machine back together... It is on the bench awaiting a good looking at... With all the other broken stuff...