[Coco] How to solder with older eyes?

[Patrick Ulland]

That is question one. If you actually need correction big and blurry 
isn't much better that small and blurry. But in general, the 'ball cap' 
style magnifier remains where you left it, at least while that last 
little bit of hair remains. If you are comfy with a hat, a prescription 
underneath, extra X lenses, lights (I need light, mainly) don't make it 
shift about.

-rick


On 5/16/2024 12:33 PM, John Mark Mobley via Coco wrote:
> All,
>
> I pulled out my soldering iron and before the CoCoFEST! to put together my
> analog phone system emulator.
> I found it hard to see.
> I was hot and sweaty, and I put on my reading glasses as I looked down the
> glasses slipped down.
> I found I needed to learn how to solder all over again with older eyes.
> When I got to the CoCoFEST! I started asking questions about how to solder.
> When you have issue x, how do you solve it? What is your technique? I found
> I could solve it y way, but how do you do it?
> I noticed that some people wear headgear with a magnifier.
> I wanted to know what kind I should buy.
>
> Idea 1:
> https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VVPRX2M/
>
> Idea 2: (or idea 1 with a case)
> https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09NVTJNRG/
>
> Idea 3:
> https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08QCX8PZR/
>
> Idea 4:
> https://www.amazon.com/Microscope-Dcorn-Magnification-Soldering-Compatible/d
> p/B08K7FGY9Q/
>
> Idea 5:
> All of the above.
>
> John Mark Mobley
>
>
>