Re: [Elecraft] Soldering Naked - Eyes

2010-12-19 Thread Craig - AE6RR
On the serious side of this, I highly recommend wearing glasses or safety glasses when soldering. On more than one occasion in the past (when radios had terminal strips with soldered wires) I have sprayed little blobs of solder on myself when removing a wire from a wrapped connection. The wire

Re: [Elecraft] Soldering Naked - Eyes

2010-12-19 Thread Fred Jensen
On 12/19/2010 2:31 PM, Craig - AE6RR wrote: On the serious side of this, I highly recommend wearing glasses or safety glasses when soldering. On more than one occasion in the past (when radios had terminal strips with soldered wires) I have sprayed little blobs of solder on myself when

Re: [Elecraft] Soldering Naked - Eyes

2010-12-19 Thread Dale Putnam
It seems to me that some may remember that glasses were recommended to keep the smokin rosin from coating our eyes too? Or, that when looking close at a soldering connection, the smoke would burn a bit? Flyin' solder was the least of our worries, making a good solid physical connection