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Rambling "How I Spent My ${DURATION}" braindump.
Last week I was carrying bags of water softener #salt into my furnace room and noticed a small #limescale deposit on the floor in the middle of the room that hadn't been there a few days before. Directly above it are a bunch of water #pipes going off in different directions. Found one 90 degree elbow that had more than the usual accumulation of green stuff on it, like a tiny #stalactite. Okay, water #leak found.
I was going to wait for the weekend to fix it, but it seemed to be speeding up, so I did it Wednesday. I had to cut a chunk of #convoluted pipe out of the system that was way more complex than it should have been. It had to go around other #pipes and join another #pipe and around some joists, but the #plumber who put this in 40 years ago had a #fetish or something. No word of a lie, it reminded me more of the Windows NT "pipes" #screensaver than anything else.
In a volume about the size of a 2L bottle of pop, there were 4 #elbows, 3 #unions, and five little pieces of pipe if I remember correctly. I soldered together a matching jumble of parts ... and then couldn't solder one side of it in, because it's at a local low point, and I couldn't get the last dribbles of #water to stop. Any water wicks the heat away and the #solder doesn't stick.
Ended up using a #flex line with #sharkbite connectors to replace the whole thing. What a shame, I was proud of my replacement.
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Graphing Calculator Gets USB-C Upgrade https://hackaday.com/2026/01/07/graphing-calculator-gets-usb-c-upgrade/ #PeripheralsHacks #calculator #microUSB #hpprime #upgrade #hotair #solder #usbotg #port #USBC #HP
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I'm doing weird stuff again. I'm soldering USB hubs on flex PCBs.
By accident, I ordered exactly as many 0.1uF 0402 size capacitors that I needed. BAD idea 😅
Well, I guess I'll finish it next week, after the extra capacitors arrive. 🤷🏼♂️
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Just soldered the 40 pin connector on my little PCB. I don't think the solder joints look too bad, do you?
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Fixed a broken #Miele #induction #hob. This is the KMDA 7774, manufactured year 2018. A nice cooktop with integrated extraction fan and flexible cooking zones. The glass panel #touch #sensors /#buttons started to fail, with problem to set levels, to turn the hob on and ghost turn-off while cooking. After disassembly, soldered all contact surfaces of the conductive rubber buttons residing under the glass, snapped-in on the #PCB. Had to snap each button off, and they were many! SMD solder iron too small for proper heat, but a regular sized WTB tip on the Weller station at some 400 deg C worked fine, using a desoldering pump to remove superfluous solder. Each pad is a via and even if looking pristine (no fog on the PCB, no visible oxidizing) it was enough resistance to become faulty. Believe this to be #conductive sensors and that the via size and/or thickness was wrongly designed. Might even be an issue with the design recommendations of the component supplier and not Miele. #DIY #repair #electronics #solder
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Soldering, Up Close and Personal https://hackaday.com/2024/09/14/soldering-up-close-and-personal/ #throughhole #inspection #microscope #MiscHacks #Keyence #solder #tssop #bga #qfn #smd
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Soldering, Up Close and Personal - A word of warning before watching this very cool video on soldering: it may make y... - https://hackaday.com/2024/09/14/soldering-up-close-and-personal/ #throughhole #inspection #microscope #mischacks #keyence #solder #tssop #bga #qfn #smd
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Soldering, Up Close and Personal - A word of warning before watching this very cool video on soldering: it may make y... - https://hackaday.com/2024/09/14/soldering-up-close-and-personal/ #throughhole #inspection #microscope #mischacks #keyence #solder #tssop #bga #qfn #smd
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Soldering, Up Close and Personal - A word of warning before watching this very cool video on soldering: it may make y... - https://hackaday.com/2024/09/14/soldering-up-close-and-personal/ #throughhole #inspection #microscope #mischacks #keyence #solder #tssop #bga #qfn #smd
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Soldering, Up Close and Personal - A word of warning before watching this very cool video on soldering: it may make y... - https://hackaday.com/2024/09/14/soldering-up-close-and-personal/ #throughhole #inspection #microscope #mischacks #keyence #solder #tssop #bga #qfn #smd
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Soldering, Up Close and Personal - A word of warning before watching this very cool video on soldering: it may make y... - https://hackaday.com/2024/09/14/soldering-up-close-and-personal/ #throughhole #inspection #microscope #mischacks #keyence #solder #tssop #bga #qfn #smd
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Restoring a Vintage CGA Card with Homebrew HASL https://hackaday.com/2024/06/12/restoring-a-vintage-cga-card-with-homebrew-hasl/ #desolderingbraid #Retrocomputing #cardedge #solder #enig #gold #HASL #cga #pcb
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Restoring a Vintage CGA Card with Homebrew HASL - Right off the bat, we’ll stipulate that what [Adrian] is doing in the video below ... - https://hackaday.com/2024/06/12/restoring-a-vintage-cga-card-with-homebrew-hasl/ #desolderingbraid #retrocomputing #cardedge #solder #enig #gold #hasl #cga #pcb
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if you know howto #solder you can make your own #rangemaster under 50€
#guitar #treblebooster #werock #queen #rainbow #deeppurple #BlackSabbath #BrainMay #TonyIomi #RichyBlackmore #myMom
Which is exactly what I will do. -
if you know howto #solder you can make your own #rangemaster under 50€
#guitar #treblebooster #werock #queen #rainbow #deeppurple #BlackSabbath #BrainMay #TonyIomi #RichyBlackmore #myMom
Which is exactly what I will do. -
if you know howto #solder you can make your own #rangemaster under 50€
#guitar #treblebooster #werock #queen #rainbow #deeppurple #BlackSabbath #BrainMay #TonyIomi #RichyBlackmore #myMom
Which is exactly what I will do. -
if you know howto #solder you can make your own #rangemaster under 50€
#guitar #treblebooster #werock #queen #rainbow #deeppurple #BlackSabbath #BrainMay #TonyIomi #RichyBlackmore #myMom
Which is exactly what I will do. -
if you know howto #solder you can make your own #rangemaster under 50€
#guitar #treblebooster #werock #queen #rainbow #deeppurple #BlackSabbath #BrainMay #TonyIomi #RichyBlackmore #myMom
Which is exactly what I will do. -
Retrotechtacular: The Story of Turpentine - If someone in 2023 has ever had much call to use turpentine, chances are good it w... - https://hackaday.com/2023/12/04/retrotechtacular-the-story-of-turpentine/ #retrotechtacular #distillation #turpentine #solvent #solder #resin #rosin #flux
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Phase Change Materials for Flexible and Strong Robots - Shape shifters have long been the stuff of speculative fiction, but researchers in... - https://hackaday.com/2023/02/19/phase-change-materials-for-flexible-and-strong-robots/ #phasechangematerials #materialsscience #smartsoldering #medicalhacks #drugdelivery #robotshacks #phasechange #terminator #medicine #science #repair #solder
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Laser-Cut Solder Masks from Business Cards - There are plenty of ways to make printed circuit boards at home but for some featu... - https://hackaday.com/2021/04/09/laser-cut-solder-masks-from-business-cards/ #businesscard #circuitboard #lasercutter #laserhacks #soldermask #kapton #solder #pcb
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Simultaneous Soldering Station - Soldering irons are a personal tool. Some folks need them on the cool side, and some like it hot. Ge... - https://hackaday.com/2020/08/27/simultaneous-soldering-station/ #2020hackadayprize #thehackadayprize #solderingiron #atmega32u4 #toolhacks #arduino #atmega #sketch #solder #rohs #pcb
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Drill Thrice, Solder Once - If you design printed circuit boards, then you will have also redesigned printed circuit boards. N... more: https://hackaday.com/2019/12/27/drill-thrice-solder-once/ #printedcircuitboard #groundplane #techhacks #wirewrap #how-to #copper #solder #drill #hole #fr4 #pcb
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The Battery is Part of the Art - A work of art is appreciated for its own sake and we will never tire of seeing stunning circuits f... more: https://hackaday.com/2019/07/06/the-battery-is-part-of-the-art/ #blinkenlights #lead-free #ledhacks #necklace #jewelry #solder #rohs #art #led
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Dead Bug Arduino Is Lively And Shield-Compatible - Microcontroller demo boards such as the Arduino UNO are ubiquitous on Hackaday as the brains of ma... more: https://hackaday.com/2019/06/09/dead-bug-arduino-is-lively-and-shield-compatible/ #arduinohacks #free-form #freeform #arduino #deadbug #deadbug #solder #brass #art
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Ask Hackaday: Get the Lead Out or Not? - For most of the history of industrial electronics, solder has been pretty boring. Mix some lead with... more: https://hackaday.com/2019/03/26/ask-hackaday-get-the-lead-out-or-not/ #hackadaycolumns #askhackaday #regulation #lead-free #toxicity #safety #solder #fumes #rosin #flux #lead #rohs #sds #eu
