Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoiFixit wants to fix the soldering ironwww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square126fedilinkarrow-up1458arrow-down118
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minus-squarepartial_accumen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoI always thought the “fix” to a traditional soldiering iron was a hot air pencil.
minus-squarepartial_accumen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoYep, for decades. They used to be much larger consuming the space of a large table. Now they are small units like this: Just search for “surface mount rework” or the nickname “hot air pencil”.
I always thought the “fix” to a traditional soldiering iron was a hot air pencil.
Do those exist?
Yep, for decades. They used to be much larger consuming the space of a large table. Now they are small units like this:
Just search for “surface mount rework” or the nickname “hot air pencil”.