[ELECTRON] Maklab Shopping List... Help needed....

[Clive Mitchell]

On 6 February 2012 12:10, Roy Mohan Shearer <fy81le at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Fume extractor - if not workshop extraction.

I've never had any joy with fume extractors.  They make lots of fan
type noises, but the flux vapour still aims straight for you when you
solder.  I think the only decent fume extractors are the externally
ventilated ones, which are way too expensive for such a small amount
of soldering as is likely to occur in a fab-lab.

Anyone who's soldered for a long time will already know that you tend
to develop a technique of breathing out and gently blowing the fumes
away as you solder.  Largely because breathing in flux fumes,
particularly the caustic ones associated with lead free solder is
unpleasant.

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Clive Mitchell