22-07-2014, 07:48 PM
I actually used one of those irons for a few years as I didn't at the time know any better.
I managed to build, in the traditional "breadboard" way, on a piece of wood with nails in it, many a circuit, some actually worked!
I remember that I had to get the iron really HOT to melt the solder onto the nails in the timber
The Scope iron actually can get so hot the tip glows red!
I tied using a car battery once before I got the proper transformer, which by the way is 3.3 volts at 30 amps!
Rule 1, DO NOT USE CAR BATTERY, iron will not turn off and wires will burn!
I managed to build, in the traditional "breadboard" way, on a piece of wood with nails in it, many a circuit, some actually worked!
I remember that I had to get the iron really HOT to melt the solder onto the nails in the timber
The Scope iron actually can get so hot the tip glows red!
I tied using a car battery once before I got the proper transformer, which by the way is 3.3 volts at 30 amps!
Rule 1, DO NOT USE CAR BATTERY, iron will not turn off and wires will burn!
"If a clutered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign." Albert Einstein
Well, I have the cluttered desk, I guess that's a start!
Well, I have the cluttered desk, I guess that's a start!