I keep getting burned some how or another working on these boards, a few days ago my soldering iron fell off its stand and onto my left wrist while it was glowing red… burned me pretty bad the soldering iron got stuck to my skin i had to pull it off asap and the strange part is it dosnt hurt i may have burned a nerve lol. I also have 4 other burns on the same hand from soldering, i messed up making a battery pack and had a large spark burn my finger. i used a Map gas torch to heat up the lock tight to remove my pulleys and i turned off the torch and set it to the side as soon as i look away the hot tip falls on my thigh… and today like a dumb ass i has some molten solder fall on my knee and burned me so i brushed off the solder with my hand but it was still liquid and hot so it got inbetween my finger nail and burned me there too… all of this has happened within a week.
Not your fault Rod, l did it to my self but not on purpose. Lol burned my self but I finished wiring up the 3 Focboxes I have I just have to test them later.
before I learned to solder I didn’t have anything to hold my bullet connectors that i was soldering to the focbox so I was using like a pencil that Kept falling over . Anyways bullet connector once fell over while I was trying to solder it to the focbox and I instinctively touched it burning my thum and my index finger and had my skin burned for 2 months
Burning copper fuse wire pressed hard against my thumb. If you look at it sideways, you can see a pretty deep groove of the branding. Good news is that the wound self cauterized, so no need to patch myself up.
I tried my hand at welding a few summers back, had all the right gear except one day I didn’t tie my shoes tight enough and a spark sent molten steel right down my shoe, burned through my socks and straight into my ankle. Scars went away after a few months but I still have the socks with holes to prove it.
I also have one of those nifty 6$ holder things and have only been burned once or twice from grabbing the connector too quick after soldering - really recommend getting one of the ones with a magnifying glass too.
I don’t burn myself… Well because I’ve worked on cars and electronics my whole life. Can feel the heat/electricity (magnetic field). Just something I’ve gotten used to over 20 years of building things.
But I cut the shit out of myself all the time because me and blades = not friends.
Edit: hell not even blades, random stuff like corners of nickel strips, next thing you know I’m a leaker. Me and super glue = best friends
Ya I try to avoid blades, even though I sent to culinary school. I just got happy one day and chompped on my thumb. It was nassstyyy… I found a little mini vice that I’ve been using for awhile but i would love a jigg so I can stop wasting connectors. I also wear one glove on my right hand so I can hold hot cables or connectors. But it definitely feels retarded
I purchased the holder with alligator clips and magnifying glass at harbor fright for $4 it helps alot but I end up always burning my self somehow lol
Funny thing is I’m generally used to electronics, I’ve built custom PCs since I was in Middle school and I’ve been a Technician at a dealer since 2005 I’ve also build several race cars from the ground up and I’ve only gotten burned maybe 3 times working on cars and non have been real bad. Cuts? That’s a different story I got stitches on 2 differe occasions because of early 90s nissans lol
Definitely had my share of burns usually it’s the hot end on my printer but have definitely hit myself with the wrong end of the soldering iron before as well. I pretty much always throw on some safety glasses now when I’m dealing with solder on thick wires or bigger components where there might be blobs flying since I had one burn me a bit just under my eye and I need my eyes for work and stuff.
I once put my soldering iron in my coffee and caused a small eruption. It was a good coffee too
Used to use all kinds of props and mcgyver type support systems for soldering and then bought a third hand solder station with all kinds of lovely clamps and flexible thingys and a magnifying glass with a light.
Awesome. Now I’m burn free.
