[Elecraft] Soldering Naked - Eyes

[Craig - AE6RR]

On the serious side of this, I highly recommend wearing glasses or safety
glasses when soldering.  On more than one occasion in the past (when radios
had terminal strips with soldered wires) I have sprayed little blobs of
solder on myself when removing a wire from a wrapped connection.  The wire
strands can sometimes spring back and fling solder.  I have had to remove
solder bits from the lens' of my glasses.

Of course these days many of us need glasses to find the radio...

73,
- Craig, AE6RR

-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Gary Gregory
Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2010 1:58 PM
To: Steve Ellington
Cc: Barry; elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Soldering Naked

'Chuckle'...OK...I guess the 'blob' of metal from the MIG welder that
entered my boot and caused me to star in an unscripted episode of 'Dancing
with the Sparks' pales into insignificance.

My wife is still laughing at my antics but at least Mr. Happy is remains
undamaged in my case the embarrassment level is somewhat less than yours.

Enjoy the Xmas break all....:-)

73's

Gary