Unfortunately this was bought for me so I can't really speak on the price exactly but I do believe it was well under $200 is a Danby air filter for your house, its got three different settings and actually uses UV to help disinfect the air in your house, really useful for soldering tho as even on the lowest setting at over a meter away its strong enough to blow any and all smoke away from your face, simultaneously providing the filtered air directly to you and the area around you. I find this super useful and if you're sitting on a higher surface as I usually just sit on my table with cut pizza box to keep from burning my table. Its a unit thats shaped like a rectangle and is standing up.
My 40+ 25 watt iron finally gave up the ghost. My understanding is that 25 watts is what one uses on electronics. Is that no longer true? I repair my electric guitars mostly, but want to build some guitar pedals, studio gear and hopefully a guitar amp. So this was a good reminder and more than I knew from a TV repair class in '84. LOL
WOW. Very well done.. I am glad to see someone talk about pre-tinning parts/pads/wares before connecting them to each other. I find the weakest point in a stranded wire connection is the transition between tinned and bare wire. What is the best way to prevent breaking?
It seems that the soldering iron you're showing at 0:20 and 2:17 does not use the integrated tips you're showing at 2:38. If you are using a temperature controlled iron, set it to 700F/370C for 60/40 or 750F/400C for lead-free solder. High heat will get the job done faster, but what you're recommending is overkill. You want the tip hot enough to melt the solder efficiently, but excess heat can damage components and it will reduce the lifespan of the soldering iron and tip. 11thTip: When you solder a heavy wire to pads on a PC board (at 4:20 and 4:35), flatten the conductors by splaying them out, so more surface area of the conductor is soldered to the pad. The wire should also be almost as long as the pad, more than almost half of what you show.
TIP when buying a ´´soldering fan´´; dont buy a soldering fan, just buy a regular air ventilation fan like 100 -125mm with flexible hose of a few meters. It does the job better and cheaper. Cheers
