Spent the entire day soldering some stuff. Current tally:
Things fixed: 0
Burns: 5
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@tomgrochowiak I found out that soldering with an iron (Pinecil) that heats up quickly and shows its temperature as it cools down massively reduced my anxiety and improved success rate!
@dos Oh, and the classic "I wonder if this has cooled down already--ok no it didn't".
@tomgrochowiak This fella is great too! But yeah, finding a position to hold things without having to grow additional arms can be tricky...
@dos I have something like this and couldn't imagine doing anything without it, but for stuff like soldering really tiny wires to really tiny pads, my own fingers are still more precise. Even tweezers amplify my naturally shaky hands too much.
@dos I don't even burn myself with the iron itself. I'm just stupid. "Yeah, I'm gonna keep holding this rapidly heating up wire with my fingers because the position is just perfect and I'm nearly done anywa--OUCH!"