Author Robert A. Heinlein once wrote that "all human beings should be able to
change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, write a sonnet, balance
accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give
orders, co-operate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch
manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die
gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
And yes, I have a soldering iron with which I am very inept. Anything worth
doing is worth doing badly.
tOM
On Friday, June 13, 2003 at 13:56
C.H.Ling <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Here in Hong Kong I think there is less than 1/10 of family has a soldering
> iron
> (could be much less than that). I just made a small survey to four electronics
> engineers in my department only two of them have soldering iron at home. I
> have
> one since I was thirteen. I had over four soldering irons and now keeping a
> very
> good 100W one with electronic temperature regulation and three different size
> tips, the smallest one is good enough to hand solder a 25u QFP :-) Obviously
> not
> many people here can do a simple assembly work like the mini phone jack cable.
>
> You are right, I can't afford any large size tool, can only handle very
> small mechanical works :-)
>
> C.H.Ling
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > Certainly not, but with the self-selection of this list, ownership is
> > probably pretty high here.
> >
> > I have an old commercial grade pencil iron, a portable butane powered
> > pencil and a high power gun. Probably another old gun around somewhere.
> > Oh, and then there's the propane torch, of course, one of the uses of
> > which is soldering copper pipe.
> >
> > I'll bet you don't even have a weed whacker, or a chain saw, or a radial
> > arm saw, or..................
> >
> > Moose
> >
> > C.H.Ling wrote:
> >
> > >Does everyone have a soldering iron at home in US?
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