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To each their own. I find soldering (with a nice iron!) very therapeutic, much like knitting. I'll put on a good album or catch up with some friends on the phon
by nippoo 5mo ago
To each their own. I find soldering (with a nice iron!) very therapeutic, much like knitting. I'll put on a good album or catch up with some friends on the phone.
If you're impatient, plenty of fab houses (like JLCPCB) will do all the soldering for you, for about 0.1 cents per SMD joint or 2 cents per THT joint...
- michaeljx 5mo agoNice iron,a good clamping set-up, and a high-quality correctly specked (to the task) solder make all the difference
- II2II 5mo agoI enjoy soldering, and like your comparisons. Yet I certainly don't blame the author for highlighting how unhealthy it is.
- bityard 5mo agoThe lead is leaded solder is entirely manageable. You should keep track of it all and dispose of it properly. (I.e. not in a landfill.) Wash your hands afterwards. It doesn't vaporize, or at least not in any quantities that you should care about. As long as you are not directly inhaling in the flux smoke while hovering over the project, it's not that unhealthy. If you are a hobbyist doing an hour of soldering a week, you probably get more smoke particle inhalation making toast. Or pizza. Or frying literally anything. (If I was soldering for a living, yes I'd want a really good fume extractor on the bench, though.)