@@cognetic If you want to treat yourself, try the ones from Knipex (www.knipex.com/products/wire-strippers-and-dismantling-tools) if you just need a cheap one for once in a while, use whatever is on sale in your local hardware store I guess.
Nice set up!, I personally use one that I found on thingiverse; putting it together was very easy just follow the instructables guide, it works very well www.thingiverse.com/thing:3474360
Same, i just got over being awfully unwell for a solid 24 hours. Either the regular flu, or welders flu. I knew it was possible but I had a couple fans going and I been holding my breath when necessary. Either way it was enough for me to order one and try with some of the hepa filters they sell.
NEED. I never knew why I got headaches every time I soldered! RC, lightsabers... I always thought it was because I was trying to concentrate too hard lol
Man I wish I got a headache first. I thought i was doing okay keeping the vapor out of my face but apparently not. Just had either flu or welders flu, but I been soldering all week and nobody else got sick. Ordered one of these guys today, hopefully is enough to keep me from getting sick.
While I still use my soldering iron, for joining things like this setup, I've gone to using almost exclusively solder seal style wire connectors. Per unit cost is higher but time saved and the built in strain relief is nice.
A really cheap awesome way to hold wires while soldering, cut a couple slits in a cap for spray paint cans. It holds the wires great and catches any solder that may fall. Most ppl already have a can with a cap like that so they're free, super easy to make, and work great.
One physics tip. If there's virtually zero exhaust, there's virtually zero airflow, meaning your won't be capturing much of the air that contains fumes. I'm sure there's some exhaust though, but perhaps there may be some benefit in modifying the exhaust so there's less constriction and less noise.
My DIY "fume extractor" costs under 20 $. It's super small and quiet. It's just a 120 mm PC case fan, with a cheap USB power supply with a fan connector. It even has a speed control, but even at the highest setting, it's so quiet, that I often forget to turn it off. I have a dust filter on the intake, and a "finger guard" and an active charcoal filter on the exhaust. The filter is cut from a kitchen fume hood filter, so you get about 50 filters for 5 bucks. It's probably not as good as a real fume extractor, but it's so small, that you can position it right next to your work. And it gets the fumes out of your face (and out of your eyes, soldering flux is not nice stuff). The fan is about 6 bucks, the dust filter and finger guard are about 2 bucks each, the fan PSU is about 5 bucks, and the active charcoal filters are about 5 bucks for 50 pcs.
Is it working well for you still? I feel like I might have just had a bout of welders flu, or regular flu... but i been modding sega game gears to sell and I got through about 10 repairs before waking up all nautious one morning. I ordered one of these this morning because I have a cap job to do tomorrow.
@@Sevalecan awesome to hear, hoping i just had a normal flu its been going around but hard to say with all the soldering I been doing lately. Have one coming tomorrow, fingers crossed
I vividly remember the first time I tried to solder in a fuseable link, that was near the firewall of a Buick Century from underneath. Hot liquid metal splashing on your skin is a life lesson you only need once.
Curious what project Jen is working on that needs so many LEDs! :D Also, that Hakko soldering setup rules. Pretty sure it will be with me til I pass it on to my kids.
@@bngr_bngr kind of, but not really when the world has changed its first strike position. I could see Russia not wanting retaliation from nato over it either. You know that would be another "red line" lol.
@@TechnologistAtWork Every year the whole Tested team showcases their favourite tools and equipment. On a more regular basis Norm also shows some stuff from time to time.
@@mrb692 yea, you definitely want airflow or a window open in your room even when using these units, unless you spend $$$ on one of those proper industrial extractors
@@CGoody564 The fume extractor has to exhaust *somewhere* or there would be no airflow. The filters are mostly useless for fumes, but do serve to trap some of the dust in your room
@@mrb692 no, the AIR has to exhaust somewhere; particles and fumes are supposed to be trapped in the filter, which is exactly what happens, especially with the improved multi layer HEPA filter. You have no idea what you're talking about.
I made a big fume extractor out of quiet PC case fans in a grid (tied together with small zip cords), wrapped the intake side in thin wire mesh, then covered that with charcoal. _Very_ quiet - quiet enough I don't mind running it all the time so I don't forget to turn on the fume extractor, it's already running ^_^ - and pretty decently effective. (Basically I'm making up for the lower air movement rate per fan by having a lot of fans.)
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Hmm. Something is trying to steal the show in the left window throughout the video (which is full of great tips, by the way. If you're wondering how much soldering you need to do to justify the purchase of helping hands, the answer is "any").
At that quantity of LEDs, I am surprised that there is no PCB involved. I myself got frustrated on hand wiring only some 20 LEDs and 10 3-terminal switches. That was a prototype several years ago and now "they" are wanting a production of 20 units. You bet, I'm designing a printed circuit or two!
If you put a single sheet of toilet paper on top of the charcoal filter. The filter will last many times longer. Just change the sheet after using the machine a few times.
I bought one of those Kotto fume extractors last year and definitely like it, though the hose has a tendency to pop out of the base when you try to adjust it. Even with that, it's nice to be able to position the intake right where you need it - I generally work on restoring vintage vacuum tube radios, and being able to move the head to where I need it in the chassis is a big factor in why I bought it.
"Sol-dur" English pronunciation. "Soder". The American pronunciation. I heard came from an export/import miss spelling. Someone read it as Soder. And it stuck.?? Something for mythbusters to bust, maybe...;-)
Wow those black wire strippers are the one my dad had. I haven't seen them in years. I was able to find the yellow type you have. I wish I could find the black ones. They were great
Just a heads-up... each of those wire strippers have an adjustable depth screw (to stop them from cutting the wires like you said). No need to buy two pairs
4:20 First the black filter was on top and then a few seconds later it was installed on the bottom? I believe the black filter should be first and then the HEPA filter after.
I like what your saying. The only extractor with a ring light i saw didnt have a very big filter. Attach a light to the hose though and your good. Might get front heavy though.
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I learned to solder at 12 years of age. I helped my dad in his shop. During my time as an electronic tech, I've soldered for thousands of hours. Never had all the fancy equipment kids have today. We inhaled the fumes and LIKED IT! A Weller soldering station, some 60/40 rosin core solder and we worked and made money! (Just an old man's cranky observations. I'm sure Jen will live longer because of the safety and will get more done because of the efficiency.)
That KOTTO Soldering Fume Extractor is nice build, but it has a design flaw. The charcoal filter needs the placed behind the HEPA filter, a charcoal filter is not designed to block particles, but to eliminate smell.
Maybe the classic "bent over" wires from this technique were why it wasn't used but I could not imagine doing that many wire to wire connections without a solder pot. Although tbh you might be able to get them flush anyway if you really wanted... Would probably be able to do one every couple seconds otherwise (he soldering at least, adding heat shrink and twisting the wires will still take a bit of time.)
I use my obnoxious breeze constantly flowing through my house when soldering. Airs constantly sucked out my window. Rapidly. Makes my rooms AC annoyingly inneficent
2:28 - OOOH! A pigeon cameo! I'm just psyched to watch the rest of this video because I love listening to Jen explain things! But the shadow moving like a slowly-falling-book-page freaked me out, so i had to re-wind to investigate.
Would this work for 3d resin printing? I live in a small apartment. Having 2 dogs, Fumes and lackluster solutions for them keep me from taking the plunge. Could this be a valid solution? I also wonder if it also couldn't be used for airbrushing.
i just bought a kotto fume extractor to replace the home made version i had in my lab. mine actually worked quite well from 6inches horizontal but the hose was just dryer vent tube so not positionable .. this was surprisingly good, works perfectly at 1/4 to 1/2 speed and quiet at that... i love thos little thing!! thanks!!
I just recently bought a TS100 soldering iron, like the one Adam uses on his drill batteries, and I will never look back. It works so much better than my old iron, and not bad on the price either. My first use for it was actually why I bought it, replacing switches in an $85 gaming mouse, rather than replacing it. My old iron was too bulky, had too big a tip, and could hold heat well enough. The TS100 did everything my old one didn't, and I was able to quickly fix the mouse, which more than covers the cost of the new iron.
"Mise en Place" for soldering, smart! When you begin working transistors you might pluck the rubber boots off of the "helping hands" to double for heat sinks, as heat is the enemy of solid state devices
At first I think what Adam does is a dream job then I hear these stories that make we realize it may not be a dream job if I need to do that over 1000 times.
