16 August 2012

Why is the day so short?

Hi everyone ;)

Today I've got a bit busy day, as I have fast learning/fast reading course. It seems quite good and effective, Tubaj school (probably not well known outside of Poland, but one of largest if not the largest one in our country) seems to have quite good methods and techniques - many of them of course taken from authors from around the world, including most famous ones.
So I'm looking forward to increasing further my quick reading and possibly learning a few additional mental techniques for faster learning.
But it takes away 2-2,5 hours from my day ;P
Hopefully a good investment that'll pay off with more free time in future ;)


Plus I gotta go internet shopping (no good stores in this regards that I know of in my area) for better soldering iron, possibly soldering station, because my current soldering gun is a cheap crappy piece that isn't really best for electronics. It was good only for learning very basics of how to solder, mostly wires, perhaps some through-hole components, but for more advanced uses it's a bit too heavy and unwieldy, plus I'd prefer something with regulated temperature - as in soldering station. And soldering guns, being transformer based, produce quite strong electromagnetic field, which can affect negatively some more advanced components.
I also want hotair in my station possibly for desoldering and soldering SMDs, and possibly a desoldering tool/pump to make it easier to get some useful components.
Yes, most electronics components aren't expensive, but it doesn't hurt to get some free ones. Plus it's useful in repairs when you have to replace a broken component (and possibly it'll be its main use).

I bought the soldering gun at the lowest price available, because I wanted it cheap and wanted it quick - just to check out how it'll work. 
If you're going to buy a soldering tool, I'd recommend you to dish out a bit more money and buy a good soldering iron with temperature regulation, possibly best would be a soldering station. 

If you're thinking of something more than soldering a broken wire from time to time or replacing a broken component once in a few months, I'd propose you to buy the better equipment - you'll save the money that you'd spend on cheap one because later you'll probably buy more expensive one anyway. Unless you're on a budget or aren't sure yet if this is what you want to play with - then the cheapest ones could be good enough for you...


So, I'm off to take care of stuff, maybe I'll carve a piece of day to finish writing another (actually first besides safety guide) piece of the electronics course to place online in the evening ;)

Cya all later, keep reading and have fun ;)

No comments:

Post a Comment