Wow, thank you for those advices!
But I don't really get the "explosion" thing that it's going on. How can solder fly everywhere?
But I don't really get the "explosion" thing that it's going on. How can solder fly everywhere?
The post you replied to mentions lead - there shouldn't be any if you use RoHS solder.Wow, thank you for those advices!
But I don't really get the "explosion" thing that it's going on. How can solder fly everywhere?
It takes temps of over 3000F to volatize lead. At normal soldering temperatures, any smoke will be mainly from the flux.Cause if it's lead what's dangerous, not only I should wear glasses, but also cover my eyes from being in contact of air, as it may contain volatilized particles with lead stuck on them.
Solder can splatter so eye protection is always adviseable.Should't the air current from the fan (pointing from my head towards the circuit so particles and fumes go away) blow away all those hazardous particles, and then I could avoid wearing glasses?
Would you rather be inconvenienced by wearing safety glasses or be blind? It's up to you...Let's be honest, I hate wearing glasses. So a fan pointing to the soldering area should be enough to protect my eyes from any hazardous particle flying around, right?
About a year ago it was on the news, report of a death from solder fumes in someone who had been using cadmium based LMP solder - its the first direct fatality from cadmium that I'd heard of - it usually causes osteoporosis and death usually occurs as internal organs are punctured by fractured bones.It takes temps of over 3000F to volatize lead. At normal soldering temperatures, any smoke will be mainly from the flux.
Solder smoke isn't going to kill you.
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Some employers require safety glasses on anyone who's soldering for them.Yeah, but don't you think wearing glasses while soldering is kind of excessive?
I mean, look at this, expert level NASA soldering, lol:
He is not wearing any kind of special glasses, they are just regular glasses, not covering at all the whole eyes area, so the eyes are exposed to particles anyway. He is not even using a fan, so the fumes go all around his face. It's like wearing glasses and a gas mask in winter if you dare to fire your fireplace in the living-room, cause fumes and stuff go all around the ambient and can go to your lungs, eyes...
I don't know, I don't see it convincing...
Nope. What is a soldering iron fly?Hello,
Ever seen a soldering iron fly?
I did when I was a youngster and grabbed the wrong side of it.
Bertus
well being that you are an expert at soldering you must be right..I see a soldering process and I don't see even the slightest harm.
I did the same thing - only I was 9-years old and it was my own soldering iron (right after my first attempt to solder a germanium diode to a coil of copper wire for a crystal radio). I thought only the tip was getting hot - not the whole exposed metal.Hello,
It is an real life anecdote:
I was still a kid and my dad had a soldering iron on laying on the table on an open stand.
I grabbed the hot side and I threw it away.
I had blisters all over my hand.
Bertus
People can't really appreciate this until they've done it themselves. I did it once back in the 70's and the burn was bad enough to make me never want to do it again.I did when I was a youngster and grabbed the wrong side of it.
You will speak different once you try catching a falling soldering iron and catch it by the wrong bitWhy would you ever want to grab a soldering iron from the tip or the chrome surface?
LOL
I've got burnt already with a soldering iron, a few years ago. But I've never have had a soldering iron myself. So yeah, I know it hurts like hell and the worst of it is that it lasts days the pain.You will speak different once you try catching a falling soldering iron and catch it by the wrong bit
Some I have heard even tried to put it in the mouth instead of a pencil..
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