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e - 03 Jun 2006 00:55 GMT

no infection, no problems. stitches out monday-tuesday.
we are pleased.

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Andrew M - 03 Jun 2006 04:50 GMT

That is good to hear - some of the posts on your original post were quite
humorous. My 2 bits is the need for 3rd hand while soldering case.
One hand for the piece/tweezers, one hand for the iron/gun, and how do you
feed the solder? Especially because you are working under a microscope (Ghz
frequency oscillator work).......use your mouth, of course.
What happens when you lose your sense of where your mouth is in relation to
your heat source? I bet you can guess where this is going.
What was outstanding though was the guy it happened to had to fill out an
accident report and his response to the question, "How do you prevent this
from happening in the future?"
Grow a third hand!

> no infection, no problems. stitches out monday-tuesday.
> we are pleased.

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e - 03 Jun 2006 05:36 GMT

>That is good to hear - some of the posts on your original post were quite
>humorous. My 2 bits is the need for 3rd hand while soldering case.
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>> no infection, no problems. stitches out monday-tuesday.
>> we are pleased.

personally with soldering, i do use a third hand. it can be
very hard under a mic, but care and jury-rigged set-ups can
save your skin. literally. i dropped an iron in my lap and
tried to catch it. i remembered just in time to not burn my
thighs as it landed on a bare foot.
man, wearing shoes over an awesome large burn can be very
trying for as long as 2 weeks. add infection and you have a
real problem. only did that one once. i now solder over a
much safer setup where the iron can only fall on a table and
not roll.
that lesson really stuck!

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