Message from @Phatique
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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. đ
Probably not well served in that regard by watching EEVblog and other such channels shit all over the Chinese hobbyist stuff.
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
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
-rest goes to <#189467888657235970>
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?
browsing banggood now, so does it only sell higher quality shit?
it seems like