Handicapping competitions - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

29 Jan 1999

Philip said:
...
 My usual method is to hold workpiece in left hand, iron
in right hand and
solder dispenser in mouth.  I have also been known, when using solder
straight from the reel, to make a fairly rigid structure from solder.
Assuming a fixed workpiece, I suppose I could then hold the iron in my
mouth... 
Owww.. Don't you get a face full of flumes from the solder?
And because of the small parallax (eyes to mouth), don't you
have a depth perception problem here? As well as a stiff neck?
(Not to mention sucking on that piece of lead in your mouth.)
  Try this. Holding the iron in your right hand, take about
8" of solder and wrap it a couple of turns around the tip of
your little finger (right hand) with about 6" extending toward
the tip of iron. You can control the solder by moving your little
finger back and forth. Sure, you will wind up with a few short
pieces of solder, but you can use them on jobs that don't take so
much gymnastics.
-Doug
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Doug Coward	           
Press Start Inc.          
Sunnyvale,CA    
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