thedude Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 I bought my first Soldering kit! Yay! That stuff stinks. Just had to share Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digip Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 I bought my first Soldering kit! Yay! That stuff stinks. Just had to share You are not supposed to breathe that stuff in. Its toxic. Get a fan or something to draw away the fumes while working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaser48 Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 so what is you first project or mod? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabor Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Soldering is so useful, I fixed two Netgear switches because of soldering. Had to replace blown up capacitors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seshan Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Yeah if you are going to solder a lot, get a fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentknight329 Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 i always do my soldering by an open window.. and have a fan blowing it outside... and ya soldering stuff is great.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead_Already Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 What kind of Solder came in the kit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razor512 Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 build your self a soldering station if you plan on doing long solder projects for me, I have a large magnifying glass attached to a one of those flexi lamps ( yep i know, ghetto :) ) and for air flow, I have a small 40mm fan blowing a soft wind at the work area (the fan goes in front of me, in between me and the work area, and in back a 120mm fan (pulling the fumes away (all hooked up to a cheap 12v power supply (pretty much a 12v adapter with home made fan connectors :) it is a cheap setup but it gets the job done especially when doing surface mount soldering and having to deal with those annoying tiny pins (someone should make scented solder :), just imagine, your soldering and theres no airflow and the room is sealed, well instead of the annoying solder smell, you can get vanilla scented solder :) jk ) solder may cause cancer but that doesn't mean you have to suffer through the bad smell to get it :) ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seshan Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 build your self a soldering station if you plan on doing long solder projects for me, I have a large magnifying glass attached to a one of those flexi lamps ( yep i know, ghetto :) ) and for air flow, I have a small 40mm fan blowing a soft wind at the work area (the fan goes in front of me, in between me and the work area, and in back a 120mm fan (all hooked up to a cheap 12v power supply (pretty much a 12v adapter with home made fan connectors :) it is a cheap setup but it gets the job done especially when doing surface mount soldering and having to deal with those annoying tiny pins (someone should make scented solder :), just imagine, your soldering and theres no airflow and the room is sealed, well instead of the annoying solder smell, you can get vanilla scented solder :) jk ) solder may cause cancer but that doesn't mean you have to suffer through the bad smell to get it :) ) Sounds like something that would be interesting for a hak5 segment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedude Posted July 13, 2009 Author Share Posted July 13, 2009 My 1st kit came with Soldering Iron, Holder with Sponge and spool of metal. My 1st mod is soldering 5 points on a Parellel Printer port to a serise of transistors so I can control a RC Car from my PC. And to put everyones mind at ease. I wasnt really breathing in the fumes. When I open my soldering package I wondered "What does it smell like" so right there with a open package I took a big sniff LOL. @Razor512 Like the sound of your setup. I am defintly going to set up a dedicated work area like yours. Cheap is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigHB Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Been doing electronics soldering for years, haven't had a problem with the fumes from the fluxes I use. Probably a good idea to use good ventilation, but you're not going to fall out of your chair if you catch a wiff of the flux burning off. It's certainly less noxious than solvents like acetone and MEK. For fine electronics soldering, I use a Weller WESD51 station with an ETS tip. I use Kester 285 core .015" 63/37 solder. I run the soldering temps 550-650F. I get really good results with that and have been able to solder .5mm pitch TQFP components without issue. If you over-solder something, try a desoldering braid like Tech-Spray Pro-Wick #1. That stuff works really good with 63/37 solder. For flux cleanup, I use plain-ol' 99% isopropyl alchohol from the drugstore. You can pay more for 99.9% from an electronics supplier and it's safer for components, but I haven't had any trouble using the more inexpensive stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtc443 Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Congrats on the soldering. I myself have been into electronics all my life but only soldering for a couple of years. Like CraigHB said if you breath in some fumes, as i usually do accidentally when soldering you won't right there and then die. I usually just put in a window fan to suck out the fumes but i recently saw a picture that someone posted here of a little computer fan mod to use for Blowing the fumes away. Its a REALLY good idea and so i did the same and it works great. The Weller soldering stations are very good and i highly recommend them to anyone wanting to get into soldering. Keep up the great work and it would be nice to know if anyone else has made some projects/mods...i'll post some of mine if i feel there good enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtrato Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 Gtz m8 :) Ive also only this past week started soldering. I bought Herbie the Mousebot kit that was on the one of the earlier episodes of Hak5 and i also got an EnigmaE. Not sure if this will be a bit hard for a first project but we will see :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chA1nBull3t Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Solder is hella fun to mess with. It's just so cool when you melt it and roll the globs around with the pen. Too bad it's not the same as mercury :(. Show some pics of your first soldering project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 Hackaday done their take on DIY soldering station. http://hackaday.com/2008/08/05/how-to-the-...dering-station/ I personally use a fan beside open window. I dont have enough space to even set-up a work bench, never mind a soldering station. A hak5 take on it would be interesting to see their views. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W4RP3D Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Its not so much the fumes from the solder thats the problem, not after a little exposer. Its accidently touching the plastic surrounding a component thats the killer. I was once soldering a small switch i slipped and hit the plastic with in seconds i had the biggest head ache ive ever experianced, i honsetly thought that i was screwed, went outside to try breath in as much clean air as i could, with in an hour i was thankfully fealing better. Definatly recommend a fan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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