[ELECTRON] Soldering Fumes

[James Beeley]

> 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.

I attached a 12V PC fan, powered by a PC power supply, to the arm and
base from a broken anglepoise lamp. This allows the fan to be placed
very close to the circuit being soldered and sucks the solder fumes away
from me.

Jim