HAND SOLDERING 1944 SOLDERING IRON TRAINING FILM
Re: HAND SOLDERING 1944 SOLDERING IRON TRAINING FILM
cannot do that at home...
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Re: HAND SOLDERING 1944 SOLDERING IRON TRAINING FILM
Before I got my first Ampex iron in the mid/late 80s the only iron I had access to was my Dad’s which was only slightly smaller than the one shown in the first demonstration. You can see why I didn’t do any electronics then can’t you?
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ZX81->Spectrum->Memotech MTX->Sinclair QL->520STM->BBC Micro->TT030->PCs & Sun Workstations.
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ZX81->Spectrum->Memotech MTX->Sinclair QL->520STM->BBC Micro->TT030->PCs & Sun Workstations.
Added code to the MiNT kernel (still there the last time I checked) + put together MiNTOS.
Collection now with added Macs, Amigas, Suns and Acorns.
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Re: HAND SOLDERING 1944 SOLDERING IRON TRAINING FILM
Good old times...
Still better than this:

Still better than this:
Re: HAND SOLDERING 1944 SOLDERING IRON TRAINING FILM
I think @rubber_jonnie might have followed that image in the past...
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Re: HAND SOLDERING 1944 SOLDERING IRON TRAINING FILM
JezC wrote: Fri Mar 31, 2023 10:19 amI think @rubber_jonnie might have followed that image in the past...![]()
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I say, steady on old chap, thats a bit cheeky
I may have had 'incidents' that resulted in pain, injury and scorching, but I never did that. At least not deliberately...
I think Mr Carlson would like that video
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800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
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Re: HAND SOLDERING 1944 SOLDERING IRON TRAINING FILM
@JezC
Quite a caustic statement...
Our friend @rubber_jonnie has to tell us whether that's true.

Quite a caustic statement...
Our friend @rubber_jonnie has to tell us whether that's true.

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Re: HAND SOLDERING 1944 SOLDERING IRON TRAINING FILM
I don't deny there have been scorchings, but I'm not the only one. These are dangerous tools, but I deny (Mostly) anything close to that pictureHigashiJun wrote: Fri Mar 31, 2023 10:33 am @JezC
Quite a caustic statement...
Our friend @rubber_jonnie has to tell us whether that's true.
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Collector of many retro things!
800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
Re: HAND SOLDERING 1944 SOLDERING IRON TRAINING FILM
I burnt the back of my thumb the other day while desoldering chips . It's almost healed up now though. So not really picture worthy any more 
Re: HAND SOLDERING 1944 SOLDERING IRON TRAINING FILM
And remember: Beethoven wrote his first symphony in C.