[Coco] How to solder with older eyes?

Stan Blaz stanblaz at optusnet.com.au
Thu May 16 20:20:22 EDT 2024


Personally I prefer option one but not those cheepo Amazon ones.  With 
those you can tilt your head up for normal vision.  Spend a bit more and 
make sure they are glass lenses. I'm 70 and still working with 100+ pin 
surface mount stuff.

On 17 May 2024 3:34:15 am John Mark Mobley via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com> 
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
>
>
>
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