[Coco] [Color Computer] Re: Ouch!

[Gene Heskett]

On Wednesday 17 December 2003 02:04, Neil Morrison wrote:
>I recall learning to repair tube radios and digging wires wrapped
>around terminals out of hot solder. When the iron slips, you gouge
>yourself across the other hand with hot solder and the iron. Hey, I
>did learn not to do that.

So did I, about 55 years ago now.  But irons have come a long way 
since then too.  My original 250 watt weller has been replace with a 
tempurature adjustable GC for many years now.  But I've still got all 
those old antiques except for a phillips gun that used carbon rods as 
the heater.  It got dropped and terminally broken in packing to move.

>Neil
>
>----- Original Message -----
From: <jimcox at miba51.com>
>
>> At my previous job, I some times had to do a little
>> soldering to debug one of the in-circuit emulators I was
>> testing.  Once when I was getting set to do so, an
>> assembler sitting next to me thought she was doing me a
>> favor by turning on the Metcal. Unfortunately she didn't
>> tell me, and I needed to change the tip.  Assuming it was
>> still cold, I didn't think I need to use the small rubber
>> pad that's usually attached to the iron, I grabbed the
>> tip.
>>
>> Ah, there is nothing like the smell of burning finger
>> tips.
>> It's moments like that that usually motivate me to pay
>> people like Mark for stuff.
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Cheers, Gene
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