Things I've learned the hard way . . .

[Illum]

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3) Pre-perforated for easy tearing type of packaging NEVER tears along the perforated line

Same with letters or paper....sometimes everything tears except the areas close to the perforated region:ohgeez:

6) keep some sort of burn treatment near by when soldering.

I carry a cup of ice for this purpose....[okay I lied, but I have a tendency to chew ice while soldering and it comes in handy....including cooling heatsinks that heated itself to the point of untouchable after sanding/drilling/soldering]

 

[PhotonWrangler]

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When soldering, wear crummy pants.

 

[TorchBoy]

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Same with letters or paper....sometimes everything tears except the areas close to the perforated region:ohgeez:

And on that topic, I've learned that a paper cut while licking an envelope is not nice.

 

[DM51]

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When photographing the LED battery-status display on the tailcap of a Polarion PH40, do not stand the PH40 head down on your mouse-mat, even for the ~5 seconds that the display is on…

… unless you don’t mind the stink of burning rubber, and you need a new mouse-mat anyway.

 

[Crenshaw]

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Same with letters or paper....sometimes everything tears except the areas close to the perforated region:ohgeez:


I carry a cup of ice for this purpose....[okay I lied, but I have a tendency to chew ice while soldering and it comes in handy....including cooling heatsinks that heated itself to the point of untouchable after sanding/drilling/soldering]

Yup,damn those fake perforations....

and ice is not actually the best solution, it supposedly sticks to your hand...running water is thought to be the best. Also, aparently if you slather your burn with Aloe Vera Gel/Jelly, what ever you want to call it,before you do anything else, it prevents blisters...

Torchboy, i guess everything tears, including skin huh...:shakehead

Crenshaw

 

[TorchBoy]

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Torchboy, i guess everything tears, including skin huh...:shakehead

Er, yes, but a paper cut on the tongue is especially unpleasant.

 

[jzmtl]

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and ice is not actually the best solution, it supposedly sticks to your hand...running water is thought to be the best. Also, aparently if you slather your burn with Aloe Vera Gel/Jelly, what ever you want to call it,before you do anything else, it prevents blisters...

An old folk remidie for burn is bear fat, I guess they are somewhat similar.

 

[PlayboyJoeShmoe]

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Bend over backwards for a customer and find out it doesn't mean ANYTHING.

There are many who DO appreciate it. But the few who don't make me wonder why I try.

 

[TigerhawkT3]

Firing lots of big rounds makes a rifle really hot.

Especially the metal parts.


(That's my forearm.)

 

[Burgess]

Yep ! Been there . . . .



And the instant you touch it, you think to yourself:


"Yes, of course it's gonna' be HOT ! Why didn't i realize this One Second sooner ? ? ?"


:eek:



Or watching someone, who's about to make a similar "error in judgement". :whistle:


So i say to them: "It's gonna' be Hot. Better use a Pot-Holder."


But they completely disregard my suggestion.


They pick it up, and then rather quickly come to the conclusion that i was correct, after all.

:sigh:


_

 

[V8TOYTRUCK]

Re: Things I\'ve learned the hard way . . .

1) Do the job right the first time around..so it doesn't become a bigger problem later.
2) Use the right tool! Rounded nuts, striped bolts, rounded screws, are a PITA! ( A leatherman can only do so much!)

 

[StandaT]

Other peolpe NEVER think the way you think they do.:oops:

 

[TorchBoy]

Other peolpe NEVER think the way you think they do.:oops:

I don't think you think you know you think what I think you think. :whistle:

 

[Crenshaw]

hot glue melts...not just in the gun...

Crenshaw

 

[The_LED_Museum]

Never, ever, EVER pick up a soldering iron by its "business-end", even if you think it's unplugged...chances are, it won't be. :eek:

 

[PhotonWrangler]

Never, ever, EVER pick up a soldering iron by its "business-end", even if you think it's unplugged...chances are, it won't be. :eek:

I did that once. It was, uh, memorable... :ohgeez::crazy: :eek:

 

[TorchBoy]

I realised on Sunday while swapping hands with my soldering iron that it would be very easy to grab it in the wrong place with the new hand while not paying attention (all concentration on the project of the moment). Should they come with warnings or should the users? :p

 

[flash_bang]

with all this talk of soldering irons, I was wondering what they actually look like and what parts of them heat up to, I suppose, hot temperatures…

Thanks much,
Flash

 

[TorchBoy]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soldering_iron has a pic of a typical soldering iron, while http://images.google.com/images?q=soldering+iron has lots of pics of a good range.

 

[PhotonWrangler]

I grabbed the "business end" of one back when I was a teenager. I was looking around in my neighborhood hobby shop and I saw this odd-looking thing sitting on the countertop. It was plugged in and I was curious to see what it was and what it was for. So I picked it up. By the wrong end. :ohgeez:

Maybe they should have warnings on them. McDonald's coffee comes with a warning. Or maybe they shouldn't leave them out in the open, unattended, where a dumb teenager can pick them up! :laughing: