Hey guys i finally have a set place to do mods and reviews its in a shed so it has no power but if need be i can just run a extension cable and i have a 500 watt halogen floodlight i think i will set up a solar lighting system when i can afford too.
I have a electric solder but that gas one is a beast heats up so much faster then the electric my usual situation was a fold out bench and i had to set up all tools and equipment so happy for now i will keep one set of equipment outside in the shed and another in the house my better stuff stays inside some water does leak into the shed!
Oh and red-backs was so many spider in there and heaps of red-backs they seem to love sheds as long as their is no funnel-webs i donât mind the garden spiders seems to be a Sydney thing my families sheds also get red-backs but i sprayed the whole shed with outdoor spider spray lungs are still sore.
I guess most people already have a set area where they work. so for me now its either there or my computer desk that is full of stuff.
I just modded a Hugsby XP1 so easy with stuff just laying around now just a matter of time till that bench is full of clutter.
looks really cool, a nice place to carry out projects and mods. Currently I use my desk where all the other items are (laptop, screens, phone, âŚ) so something like this is desirable!
Looks youâre all set up for a bit of (de)stressing fiddling around in a quiet place of your own.
It shure is more relaxing when you donât have to unpack and later clean up your tools every time you want to spend a bit of time on your hobby. And when you are getting my age (with scorpions, redbacks and snakes around?) nothing beats a good light on your handywork.
we have snakes in the area but not at my house red belly black snakes and brown snakes two very venomous snakes are common in the area but now most of the horse paddocks are gone and houses are up.
I have never seen a scorpion apparently in the outback we have them but not in the city i donât even know if they are native to Australia. I am sure every one gets spiders in there sheds.
Hahahaha i donât know where they came from my mum works for the Marist brothers so i think they gave her the chairs and some how ended up at my house as spare chairs i had folding chairs from bunnings but they all broke after a year i had gaming nights playing mario kart and super smash on the wii u and some times it get heated lol I love those folding chairs no matter how old i get i can use them wrestling style on my brothers!
Apropos lungs and lifetime â- I recommend a few feet, er, a meter of corrugated flexible âdryer exhaustâ hose (aluminum, or plastic with a wire spring coil to hold it open).
Add a decently powerful computer box fan the same diameter, set up to exhaust to the outside, and a switch.
The older the computer junk box, the more powerful the exhaust fans youâll find, from when desktop boxes were room heaters.
That lets you swing a little âhoodâ (like half a plastic gallon jug for example) over your soldering area to carry the fumes out.
Pull it over the work, do the work, swing it out of the way
And also to carry away the fumes from cleaning â
As RMM reminds us, right after soldering, always clean the soldered area with isopropyl alcohol, so the bits of spattered crap donât later on eat up the dome of the LED when it gets hotâŚ
Yea that happen not to far away from me. it must be coastal thing. But apparently you should be okay if bitten unless you have other problems to start with. The Sydney funnel Web is the spider you watch out for.
I use to work as telecommunications technician and I used solder always and we where never warned about the dangers.
for now i will keep one set of equipment outside in the shed and another in the house my better stuff stays inside some water does leak into the shed!
