Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #11993
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Richard Piotter richfile@rconnect.com
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 19:28:47 -0600
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: solder
Use a wet sponge and wipe the tip clean between applying solder. Make
sure to tin the tip. Tinning is when you place a thin coat of solder on
the tip. You want it to look smooth and silver
That black stuff that can build up on the tip will corrode the tip away.
I've practicaly dissolved tips to a nub!
Worst case, between solder jobs, if you have a bad build up, you can use
a knife or solid surface to gently scrape it off the tip. Re tin it
right away, or if you have turned it off, the next time you heat it.
Aaron Letts wrote:
>
> How long should a soldering iron tip last? And what
> can I do to make it last longer?
>
> Aaron
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11994 Thu, 16 Mar 2000 17:31:09 -0800 solder beam@sgiblab.sgi.com Aaron Letts [mailto:beamlist@yahoo.ca]
How long should a soldering iron tip last? And what
can I do to make it last longer?
Aaron
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11995 Thu, 16 Mar 2000 20:43:37 EST [alt-beam] Vibration Sensors (the easy way!) beam@sgiblab.sgi.com BUDSCOTT@aol.com Hi! its me again! I was thinking about that vibration sensor and i got a
perfect way to build one! (i've tested it myself, it works) Whatcha need : 1
x slightly shortened pen spring (.5 in) 1 x washer (big enough to put the
spring through) 1 x heavy nut and 1 x cable tie down thing (they're "U"
shaped deals with nails on each end, don't know the technical term). Whatcha
do now is take that "U" dealy and glue the washer so it spans across the "U",
| ---- ----|
|_______|
Kinda looks like this, the dashes being the washer.
Now take that spring of yours and glue it so it is on the bottom of the "U"
going up through the washer
| |
| ----| |---|
|___|_|__|
Sorta like this.
Lastly, glue that heavy nut to the end of the spring
O <---Nut (you get the picture)
| |
| ----| |---|
|___|_|__|
Now aside from the eyestrain from my crappy ASCII art, you'll have a
vibration sensor. My instruction aren't very clear but you should get what
i'm taking about! Have fun with it!
-Spencer
11996 Thu, 16 Mar 2000 20:56:46 -0500 [alt-beam] Re: Vibration Sensors (the easy way!) "Joe Tochka" Okay, so i glue the u thingy to the line thing and put the O on top? j/k, but I am intrigued. any chance you could elaborate for those of us who dont quite get it? thanks spencer.
>Hi! its me again! I was thinking about that vibration sensor and i got >a
>perfect way to build one! (i've tested it myself, it works) Whatcha >need : 1 x slightly shortened pen spring (.5 in) 1 x washer (big >enough to put the spring through) 1 x heavy nut and 1 x cable tie down >thing (they're "U" shaped deals with nails on each end, don't know the >technical term). Whatcha do now is take that "U" dealy and glue the >washer so it spans across the "U",
>
> | ---- ----|
> |_______|
> Kinda looks like this, the dashes being the washer.
>
>Now take that spring of yours and glue it so it is on the bottom of the "U"
>going up through the washer
> | |
> | ----| |---|
> |___|_|__|
>
> Sorta like this.
>
>Lastly, glue that heavy nut to the end of the spring
>
> O <---Nut (you get the picture)
> | |
> | ----| |---|
> |___|_|__|
>
>Now aside from the eyestrain from my crappy ASCII art, you'll have a
>vibration sensor. My instruction aren't very clear but you should get what
>i'm taking about! Have fun with it!
>
> -Spencer
>
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