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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... 

[Steve]

yep got a reel of lead free with it and still have the leaded stuff.  I guess the torch was assembled with lead free.  Never used lead free before, IIRC it has to be got a lot hotter.

Can't offer you any encouragement with your big iron, IIRC it's the heating filament that tends to go.  That's a good feature of the Weller Gun, the 'bit' is the heating element as it completes the LV circuit.

[Nick]

Watching cat instruction videos 

[Steve]

Watching cat instruction videos 

[Nick]

apparently the loft ladder has to be down at all times so “the cat enjoys exploring the roof beams…

[Steve]

apparently the loft ladder has to be down at all times so “the cat enjoys exploring the roof beams…

 

How to have a freezing house in one easy move

[Steve]

yep got a reel of lead free with it and still have the leaded stuff.  I guess the torch was assembled with lead free.  Never used lead free before, IIRC it has to be got a lot hotter.

Can't offer you any encouragement with your big iron, IIRC it's the heating filament that tends to go.  That's a good feature of the Weller Gun, the 'bit' is the heating element as it completes the LV circuit.

The torch lives 

About 10 minutes to set up and do the soldering (tis easy, just set the iron to 350^o and then an hour to put all the fiddly angle adjusting and other pieces back together again in what look like the right places.  How they can sell these things for £10 for two is just amazing.

[Barman]

yep got a reel of lead free with it and still have the leaded stuff.  I guess the torch was assembled with lead free.  Never used lead free before, IIRC it has to be got a lot hotter.

Can't offer you any encouragement with your big iron, IIRC it's the heating filament that tends to go.  That's a good feature of the Weller Gun, the 'bit' is the heating element as it completes the LV circuit.

The torch lives 

About 10 minutes to set up and do the soldering (tis easy, just set the iron to 350^o and then an hour to put all the fiddly angle adjusting and other pieces back together again in what look like the right places.  How they can sell these things for £10 for two is just amazing.

 

[Barman]

On the roof... 

[Grumpmeister]

On the roof... 

Cyprus breaking news: Local water supply damaged by elderly bucket wearing oddball falling off roof..



 

[Nick]

Lunch with the Vicar’s Daughter and showing Nod for the gazillionth time how to submit his meter readings