Thread: What is everyone doing, right NOW????

Originally Posted by sheerluck

A dab of flux on the end of the wire, then apply the hot iron and the solder to the end of the wire at the same time. Will take only half a second to do.

yeah tried that, im suspecting iron is faulty.

Originally Posted by sheerluck

A dab of flux on the end of the wire, then apply the hot iron and the solder to the end of the wire at the same time. Will take only half a second to do.

Go to Bunnings in the plumbing section they will have a tub of paste (I forget the proper name for it, am a bit beer affected atm) or if you have a Blackwoods outlet nearby get some Bakers Soldering Fluid. It is an acid, you just need to dip the wires into this and solder should stick to it.

I'm supposed to be finishing a geologic report about a recent 3 day mapping exercise at Arkaroola, but i'm on AULRO instead!

as for the soldering, keep the tip clean, heat the work and the solder will flow into the joint, its not paint you don't brush it on, but rather the joint reaches the right temp and 'soaks up' the solder

Originally Posted by JamesB71

Drinking a Tom Collins and watching Big Bang Theory.

Yes... the wild life of the single man.....

Sitting with a hot chocolate, having just demolished a large slice of fruit pavlova, playing a game with SWMBO on her iPad.

The wild life of a married man.

Still at the office. That's what happens when one is self employed

Went for a lap around the block to see if the Series would actually move after it's been sitting on the front lawn for a month or so, she was running very badly so lifted the bonnet, fiddled with the timing and with the improvements ended up turning the 2 minute lap of the block into an hour long sortie around the back streets.

The wild life of a single man with an older car.

If you're still struggling with soldering, need to clean the joints properly, get some emery paper, sand paper, even a nail file to scratch the oxidation off. Then use flux. If you don't have flux, and Yorkshire is the name of the one Debacle was talking about, use a bit of brown vinegar, the heat from the iron will help it work too, and the liquid will allow the heat to transfer quicker.
Soldering is all about cleanliness and heat transfer.

Rigtht now?

Lying on the floor of my accommodation at work with the laptop...procrastinating by browsing AULRO. I should be drafting up a legal challenge to the (unwelcome) decision I received yesterday to my Appeal to QCOMP over a Workcover claim denial.

Beer is assisting in this process.