Subnostr

My local #Makerspace is in rough shape. I was a open hours on Thursday to prepare for the grand re-opening today (Saturday) and I discovered that both of our reflow machines don't blow any air, the #soldering irons barely get hot enough to melt solder, we don't have any standard (0.1") headers, it took us a while to even find tweezers, and we have far fewer #electronics things than we thought.

But I'm going to do my best with what we've got and show off the #3Dprinter & label the soldering irons.

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Dr. Hax 1y ago

It's hard to get excited about going to the makerspace when it has fewer tools that are lower quality and less organized than what you have at home.

And sticking beginners with low quality gear seems cruel. It can be difficult to tell whether a poor solder joint is due to bad technique or bad equipment. I feel it's important to have good gear for people who are just starting out. Set them up for success. If they get into electronics and get low quality gear, THEN they can perfect their skill.