its surprisingly cheap

soldering irons from china arent half bad

But whenever I do, I figure "Hey, I really should get a soldering station and [tons of other shit] instead of ChinaChun $1 electrical fire soldering iron!"

kek

Apparently the consensus is to get one of those Yihua stations as an entry level thing.

a basic iron is only about $20 dollarydoos

and lead and flux is dirt cheap

Sure. But a Yihua dealie is what... $40-50? And why wouldn't you get that?

And down that path I go. 😄

Probably not well served in that regard by watching EEVblog and other such channels shit all over the Chinese hobbyist stuff.

this is plenty enough http://www.ebay.com/itm/YIHUA-908-220V-60W-Electric-Adjustable-Soldering-Iron-Station-For-Welding-Rework-/232247846193?hash=item36130ce531:g:vy8AAOSw32lYrCND

you dont need hot air gun stuff

Need... no.

Want... yes.

eh

its pretty useless unless youre doing a lot of surface mount work

And I don't have any reason.

Yeah.

i rarely use it

though that one i linked is 220v so you want a diff one if youre in the US

Thankfully I'm not.

kek

So a chink tablet I bought for my mum

has really shitty wi-fi range

and I know why

the back cover is all made of some thick metal that totally blocks wifi connections

does anyone know what you need to cut metal?

Angle grinder

Or a Dremel with a cutting wheel

or thermalcutter

depends how thick the metal is

if you are not sure.. thermal lance is way to go

or for tastier stuff

bacon lance

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https://i.imgur.com/1sNjcgc.gifv

ok maybe i'll just buy a good laptop/tablet wifi antenna instead

anyone who knows any who works great?

lapbook

chuwi 14.1

website fucked?