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Looking at that photo, the solder appears to be more appropriate for plumbing work! Instrument/electronics solder is MUCH thinner. As for what they call a soldering "iron"... I was taught that size tool is a soldering pencil. An "iron" looks more like what was put into a flame and weighed about a pound at its end. More for doing lead bodywork than fine electronics.
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I have one of these out in the shed, works great.
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Not for use on micro-chips!
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they had electricity then?
Not sure. But it looks like a Buck Rogers ray gun and has a kite with a key attached. :smirk:
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ah, makes sense! :grin:
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Can't disagree with the logic.
But since every manufacturer of them, Weller, Hakko, Pace, etc, etc,... calls them irons, I'll stick with the convention.
We had those in jr. high metal shop. They had their own little furnace, separate from the one we used for forging, to heat them up. Used them for soldering in sheet metal fab.
If anybody called them soldering irons the instructor would rant at them because the heads on the ones we had were made of copper. He insisted we call them soldering coppers.
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To me it's like the motor vs. engine thing. Whichever you use everybody knows what you're talking about. So it's pointless to get into a heated debate.
You can still use "film at eleven!"
Flash memory is made by layering and etching thin films of various semiconductors and conductors.
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I haven't seen Kung Fu in a day or two now.
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