Comments by "Paul Frederick" (@1pcfred) on "" video.

I have a Chinese T-12 kit iron and it's way better than my Weller WTCPN Even with a slow SMPS powering it it'll still heat up faster. I need to put a standby switch on my station. All in kit and PSU I think that iron cost me less than $25 to build. I made a custom case for it. They sell those too. But that would have blown the budget to buy that.
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Why, what are you doing that's so much better? When you do things for yourself you can't count that time.
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@FlatThunder Time is not money. Time is relative to the observer. I make time all the time. What you cannot do is buy time though. Any rich person on their deathbed will tell you that. Personally my favorite thing in the world to do is waste time. I do most like it when I waste my time how I see fit to waste it though. Sometimes I like to waste time on inane projects of my choosing too.
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No one's throwing scrap wire into a dumpster. Even with insulation on it the scrap price of wire is just too high.
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ESD isn't the problem today it was in the past. Early CMOS was very sensitive. Such fragile devices haven't been made in decades now. We have made progress on that front.
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@damonhill4909 if it worked it wouldn't need to be worked on. Some things aren't worth fixing either. A lot of rules are just about obedience. There's a certain type of person that likes when others do what they're telling them to do. Wear the shoes and the straps! Some like being told what to do too. So it all works out.
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63/37 is the good solder. 60/40 is kinda the crappy stuff. 63/37 is the eutectic melting point alloy. Or lowest melting point of lead/tin.
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