Learned'd VIII: Less Bewbs, Same Nonsense

[frapjap]

Morning Ben! Where did you go on your road trip? Any reason, or just because?


Marco- I foresee that van covered in mountain stickers in the near future.
Hows the concussion symptoms? Are you feeling a bit better emotionally?

[sx moneypit]

Morning Ben! Where did you go on your road trip? Any reason, or just because?


Marco- I foresee that van covered in mountain stickers in the near future.
Hows the concussion symptoms? Are you feeling a bit better emotionally?

Mornin' Ray!
Drove the Z to Palm Desert CA.to visit my dad for his 84th birthday.
Stopped by NICO HQ to meet -visit with Greg and family,had a blast!
Thinking seriously about moving out west!

[frapjap]

Morning Ben! Where did you go on your road trip? Any reason, or just because?


Marco- I foresee that van covered in mountain stickers in the near future.
Hows the concussion symptoms? Are you feeling a bit better emotionally?

Mornin' Ray!
Drove the Z to Palm Desert CA.to visit my dad for his 84th birthday.
Stopped by NICO HQ to meet -visit with Greg and family,had a blast!
Thinking seriously about moving out west!

You could join your father in the land of the retirees!
Hows your fathers health? Good chances you'll make it to 84, too?

[sx moneypit]

I wouldn't mind living out there,but the housing is very expensive to say the least!

Dads in pretty good shape,i hope i can make it to his age and still be healthy.

[snwbrdr435]

Marco- I foresee that van covered in mountain stickers in the near future.
Hows the concussion symptoms? Are you feeling a bit better emotionally?

Getting better at handling things thats for certain. No stickers on the van..... but the cargo boxes on the pop top well thats another story.

[Dattebayo]

[frapjap]

Morning folks. I SUCK at soldering. Tried to solder in a new headphone jack to my expensive ear buds and failed miserably. Kinda gotta blame the tools though, the area to work within is TINY. Time for a new soldering iron, or to find a professional for a quick job.

[TurboSauce]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A53Ptk3NN3E[/youtube]

[Dattebayo]

Time for a new soldering iron, or to find a professional for a quick job.

http://www.vellemanusa.com/home/?country=us&lang=enu

Try these guys. The stuff they make is cheap but extremely serviceable and user friendly as well.

Adjustable heat is the only way to go, so I bought a VTSS5 model 2 years ago. It's held through hundreds of projects and it only cost around $30!

[sx moneypit]

Mornin' folks!

[Bubba1]

Marco- I foresee that van covered in mountain stickers in the near future.
Hows the concussion symptoms? Are you feeling a bit better emotionally?

Getting better at handling things thats for certain. No stickers on the van..... but the cargo boxes on the pop top well thats another story.

That pic sparked some fond memories. I went camping in an older version of that westfalia as a kid, with family friends. It was great fun. Had a big tent set up beside it to accommodate extra folks. Though the bumper sticker that read "this vehicle climbed Mt. Washington" had a sticker beside it that said "with help".

[frapjap]

Time for a new soldering iron, or to find a professional for a quick job.

http://www.vellemanusa.com/home/?country=us&lang=enu

Try these guys. The stuff they make is cheap but extremely serviceable and user friendly as well.

Adjustable heat is the only way to go, so I bought a VTSS5 model 2 years ago. It's held through hundreds of projects and it only cost around $30!

Could you educate me a bit more? There are a lot of choices there and I don't know the first thing about soldering irons. Wasn't even aware that there are gas models? Where do you get the gas? Are the tips of the irons interchangeable to be smaller/larger?
http://www.vellemanusa.com/products/sea ... =1#content

[Dattebayo]

Gas is only for portable models or for projects that are extremely static-sensitive, and they usually charge with the standard lighter-fluid charger cans you get at your hardware store; butane.

The tips are usually one of two kinds for Velleman, the cheap ones and the expensive ones. You'll know what tips you need based on what the documentation shows for your model. They have lots of information on their site to help.

If you need to decide what type of tip to use for what you're doing, the longest skinny points are meant for IC soldering, fine detail repairs and de-soldering (when you mess up and need the slop removed, for example), the wider ones for more general stuff like putting together 16 gauge and above. You can get the de-soldering webbing you need for that at radio shack. They do make all sorts of shapes of tips for specialty stuff, but the described usage is only a suggestion. The only thing you really have to know is to always keep a healthy shiny clean tip treated with fresh solder every time you use it and to use the water sponge after every application to get rid of any flux off the tip that may be leftover.

I would suggest just getting an adjustable heat with stand-type (like the model I listed) and learn your heat settings.

[frapjap]

I wanted to see the model you listed, but it was a link to the general webpage instead of a specific model.

The item I'm trying to solder is a very fine gauge ear bud wire to a new output jack. My current iron has too fat of a tip, I need something finer, smaller, narrower. Its tough to see which models are long and skinny vs broad from the photos on their site since a good amount of the photos are taken at varying distances. Not hugely different, but enough to make you question which tip is on the iron.

I'm just frustrated, I want my $90 ear buds to work again, dammit.

[Dattebayo]

http://www.vellemanusa.com/products/vie ... &id=522806

Here's the correct link for the iron model I have. The tip you want is not the one that comes on any iron in stock form, you want this one for that kind of work:

http://www.vellemanusa.com/products/vie ... &id=524744

Cheers.

[sx moneypit]

Mornin' peeps!

[frapjap]

http://www.vellemanusa.com/products/vie ... &id=522806

Here's the correct link for the iron model I have. The tip you want is not the one that comes on any iron in stock form, you want this one for that kind of work:

http://www.vellemanusa.com/products/vie ... &id=524744

Cheers.

Sweet! Its like $20. I thought it would be more like $50 and be a moot point to buy it. Thanks Dave!

Mornin' peeps!

WHADDUP BEN?!

[sx moneypit]

Mornin' Ray!

Fixin' to go work like a dawg!

How are things on your end?

[frapjap]

Work like a dawg? Whats the winter time maintenance item everyone wants? Tire season?

Its a little slower than usual at work since they're integrating sales and marketing first, but I'm sure it'll pick up. Socially, I can't keep the week straight and am glad to have the lady to help out with that.
We're having a murder mystery dinner party type of thing on Saturday night.

Unrelated- do you know the brake line size and hardware size for a 1988 firebird/camaro? I still haven't replaced that brake line and its starting to piss me off that its been this long. We all know that once someone sits, it will continue to sit until there isn't a reason to own it or pay insurance on it and then you'll get rid of it. That can't be allowed to happen...

[PEZi]

Long time no see... suckas. Miss you all...

[frapjap]

Friday fun!

[sx moneypit]

[float_6969]

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[PEZi]

Where's everyone at? Posted 2 days ago and we're still on the same page!

[Dattebayo]

I dunno, but I finally dumped that POS sentra today at the yard. The vultures were totally on it after I drive it in...

[TurboSauce]

I crashed'd

[dre1507]

Turbo. How'd it happen?............And welcome to the I-crashed-my-car-within-months-of-owning-it club.

[TurboSauce]

Still a bit butt hurt about it, was driving down 95 at around 50-60 after it had been raining all day,
the car wasn't feeling right (like it wasn't being responsive to throttle, brake or steering inputs (i guess i was hydroplaning even then) Felt a bit odd to drive so i figured i'd get off the interstate and just go back home. Go to change lanes and before i knew it the car was sideways, and continued spinning about 6 or 7 times. hit the wall twice.

[dre1507]

I had my accident on the 95, too. For some reason my brakes gave out, and I didn't think to run over the express lanes' barrier. Aside from the bent wheel and whatever damages we can't see behind the wheel, yours actually looks a lot better than mine does. You weren't injured, right?

[TurboSauce]

A bruised ego, and the residual pain from a seatbelt stopping me from 50-0. that's about it, Was sore for about a week.
It's definitely repairable, oh an the wheel isn't bent, just rashed. The axle gave before the wheel did. the damages were bent frame, blown rear strut, broken head and tail light, hood knocked out of alignment, fender bent, bumper bent, radiator support bent, radiator busted, bent trunk space, but besides that everything else was working fine, engine still started one crank.