Mr. Happy likes the K3 No Solder Kit.
Steve N4LQ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rex Lint" <[email protected]> To: "'Phil Townsend'" <[email protected]>; "'Barry'" <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 10:12 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Soldering Naked This same thing happened to me - I was about 35 at the time and I threw the soldering iron across the room and it landed on the rya shag rug, burning an outline of the iron into the wool rug. I've still got the scar - see, right here... and the project was a HW-202... -Rex- K1HI Rex Lint Merrimack, NH WWW.QRZ.COM/db/k1hi -----Original Message----- > Phil Townsend wrote: >> >> I was 12 years old... I think it was a Heathkit HW ??? >> I woke up early ready to sling solder. My bed was next to my >> "shack/workbench". >> The parents and sister were all sleeping... >> Then it happened... >> A large blob of solder slipped off the iron onto Mr Happy! (My new best >> friend) >> Shrieking and shouting... the blob "stuck". >> The noise from my room awakened Sister and her sleepover friend. (The one >> I had the sweets for.) >> They stormed into my room followed by Mom and Dad. >> Sisters friend was first into the room causing her to squeal as she tried >> to turn around and run out of the door she just came into. >> Thereby running into Sis and parents. >> The solder was still stuck and still hot. >> By parents wanted to call the Doctor...but I had enough humiliation for >> one day so my Mom gave me the ointment and that was that. >> Durring breakfast no one said anything about the early morning "event". >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> >> > > -- > View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-ESD-tp5844885p5847272.html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
