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With enough dedication anything can be done. Ask yourself how important it
is and whether you have any old junk around to experiment with first.
Carl
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From: Peter A. Peterson II [mailto:pedro@tastytronic.net]
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 11:56 AM
To: luni@luni.org
Subject: Re: [LUNI] OT: Soldering Irons...
Quoting Steven Lembark:
>
> > Can any of you recommend a soldering iron to buy? It's for odd
> > electronics repair in the house. Thanks.
>
> whatever rat shack has on the wall will work nicely for occasonal
> use. recommend a 20+W (the kiddie versions are 11 and take forever
> to get warm).
I know that some people think this thread is way past old and annoying,
but I find it fascinating -- how about some tips on soldering ICs or
circuitboards? Do you guys know of any good sites or even invaluable
personal tricks?
I have this pipe dream, you see -- I have an old model-m-style keyboard
(made by Chicony, I believe) that has the great klickety-klickety sound
that just warms your heart as you type. However, my wrists are so bad
that I can't much type on "straight" keyboards for more than a few
minutes before I can really feel the strain. So what I wanted to do was
to take a dremel and saw the keyboard in half, angle the slabs and
reaffix them to some kind of undergirder, and then resolder the
connections across the "gulf". I realize this is a really easy way to
ruin a perfectly good keyboard... but... CAN IT BE DONE?
<cue lightning>
pedro
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