Christmas 2014 - Teh Forum

From:	Voltane	27 Dec 2014 14:41
To:	fixrman	41 of 71

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quote: fixrman Quote: just some graphic novels Do tell. Justice League Volume 4 Trinity War Forever Evil Turns out Volume 4 wasn't really necessary as I had some of it in single issues and the rest is covered in Trinity War (oops).

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From:	graphitone	27 Dec 2014 17:17
To:	ANT_THOMAS	42 of 71

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Quote: What was the walk out for? It's a bit of a long story and probably too boring for anyone not in the family. Short version is my sister-in-law (Sue) doesn't get on with my Mum. Sue's fairly volatile when she wants to be and is very protective of her daughter (from a previous relationship). The daughter's very brash and seemingly gets away with murder. Anywho, on Christmas Day we'd told my eldest not to open a set of jigsaws belonging to his younger brother (they had tons of pieces and we didn't want them mixing up). While Clare and I were in the kitchen getting the pudding and white sauce ready, Sue's daughter decided she was going to play with them. My eldest got upset with her because he'd been told not to open them, my Mum told the daughter that Stephen (my youngest) should get to open them as they were his. Sue saw this as an excuse to blame my Mum, citing she'd been insulting the daughter. So when we were bringing up the pudding she was walking out of the door - no goodbye, reason or thanks for the meal. It really fecked us off. :-@ My brother hung around though and got thoroughly beaten at trivial pursuit by my 4 year old. :D Drawings n' that

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From:	ANT_THOMAS	27 Dec 2014 17:36
To:	graphitone	43 of 71

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She sounds like a dick. ┌─────┐ │ │ │ ┌─┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─┘ │ │ │ │ ┌─┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─┘ └─┘

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From:	fixrman	27 Dec 2014 17:59
To:	graphitone	44 of 71

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Sue sounds like a See You Next Tuesday.

Did you ever see such a messed up situation in your whole life, son?

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From:	Chris (CHRISSS)	27 Dec 2014 18:40
To:	fixrman	45 of 71

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When I first tried soldering I had non idea what I was doing. Tried soldering a cable to an audio connector with the iron on the cable or connector with no joy. So I tried melting the solder instead and spreading it on the join. Not much luck with that. Me

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From:	ANT_THOMAS	27 Dec 2014 19:34
To:	Chris (CHRISSS)	46 of 71

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I find that having 3 arms/hands would be very useful. ┌─────┐ │ │ │ ┌─┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─┘ │ │ │ │ ┌─┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─┘ └─┘

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From:	graphitone	27 Dec 2014 20:06
To:	ANT_THOMAS fixrman	47 of 71

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Think you've both hit the nail on the head there. Drawings n' that

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From:	JonCooper	27 Dec 2014 20:13
To:	graphitone	48 of 71

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if she left, and the daughter left, but the brother/husband/dad stayed, it seems like he knows the score Jon

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From:	fixrman	27 Dec 2014 20:18
To:	Chris (CHRISSS)	49 of 71

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Try it again, but heat the work until you see some smoke (possibly about 15 seconds) then apply the solder to the work. Your soldering will improve with practice and it is much easier with 60/40 lead-based solder; I prefer it.

Did you ever see such a messed up situation in your whole life, son?

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From:	fixrman	27 Dec 2014 20:19
To:	JonCooper	50 of 71

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Yes, he might have even been grateful for the respite. :-P

Did you ever see such a messed up situation in your whole life, son?

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From:	Chris (CHRISSS)	27 Dec 2014 20:42
To:	ANT_THOMAS	51 of 71

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I find lots of situations would be easier with 3 arms (YJ) Me

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From:	graphitone	27 Dec 2014 20:43
To:	JonCooper	52 of 71

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Unfortunately, yes. He's always clammed up with things like this, but the whole situation is something he's having trouble dealing with...e Drawings n' that

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From:	Chris (CHRISSS)	27 Dec 2014 21:50
To:	fixrman	53 of 71

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I tried soldering a cable through an unused point on an old PSU. Terrible first job but managed to get a decent soldered joint the second time. The EEVblog tutorial I watched said not to bother with pointy tips as they don't transfer the heat unless you lay it flat on the PCB. Me
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From:	fixrman	27 Dec 2014 23:12
To:	Chris (CHRISSS)	54 of 71

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Pointy tips cab be tough and also one must keep the iron clean and well tinned.

Try to make a cone out of the solder mound.

Did you ever see such a messed up situation in your whole life, son?

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From:	Chris (CHRISSS)	28 Dec 2014 10:34
To:	fixrman	55 of 71

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I think I may be getting the hang of it now. Definitely much easier with this soldering station than other irons I've used. Nice to know it's up to temp. I managed to desolder a connection, suck it up with solder wick and resolder it. I've got some other tips for it on the way which I'm hoping will be easier than the pointy one. Need to find out about cleaning/tinning it too. The stand has a sponge in it to wipe the tip on. Me

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From:	koswix	28 Dec 2014 11:26
To:	Chris (CHRISSS)	56 of 71

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>>The stand has a sponge in it to wipe the tip on.

John?


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From:	Chris (CHRISSS)	28 Dec 2014 11:48
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Well that's definitely a YJ. Me

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From:	fixrman	28 Dec 2014 14:59
To:	Chris (CHRISSS)	58 of 71

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Quote:

The stand has a sponge in it to wipe the tip on.

Said the vicar to the acolyte.

Did you ever see such a messed up situation in your whole life, son?

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From:	Chris (CHRISSS)	28 Dec 2014 16:18
To:	fixrman	59 of 71

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How's this looking? I think the problem I used to have was only trying very tip of the iron which just doesn't seem to heat up enough. Me
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From:	Chris (CHRISSS)	28 Dec 2014 21:45
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Finished project. Mostly happy with the soldering apart from one or two where the contact point isn't fully covered in solder. And the motor mounts, struggled to get them to solder and don't like the way it's held in place. Unfortunately one of the motors doesn't work so it just goes round in circles. Not sure it too much heat from the iron damaged the motor but I can see the brushes on the motor are in the wrong place and can't move them :( Me
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