Wednesday, December 06, 2006

A Bit dead


Burnt Bit
Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker.
If you leave your soldering iron on for over 24 hours this is what happens to the bit.

Looking on the positive side, the iron (50W Antex) didn’t come to any harm. The same can’t be said for the bit though. No amount of cleaning and re-tinning would save it.

I’ve probably done my bit for global warming as well. At least I didn’t set fire to the house !

Still, after all the service this bit has done, all the kits it has seen and the fact I tend to use whitemetal and normal solder without cleaning it properly I suppose it was overdue for retirement.

Actually, the new bit worked a lot better than the old one. Perhaps there is a lesson in this ?

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