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From: John Larkin on 18 Jan 2010 19:24 On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:58:11 -0800 (PST), electronman99 <electronman99(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Dear scielectronicsbasics people, > >I am 65 and was recently diagnosed with essential tremor. It is not >Parkinsons and is not a serious health threat. (Bill Clinton was >diagnosed with it a few years ago). Basically it means that my hands >shake a little bit. This shaking now makes soldering difficult. What >would help me is to find a soldering iron with a short tip. I have a >Weller 25 watt, but the tip is over 5 inches long, and, as a result, >the end of the tip shakes quite a bit while I'm trying to solder. I >have searched the Internet, but cannot seem to find an iron with a >short tip. Does anyone know where I can purchase a soldering iron >that has a short tip? Thanks. electronman99 How about an intermediate pivot sort of support to rest the iron on, between your hand and the work? It could be a small rock or brick, a metal or ceramic rod in a PanaVise, or a mitre-box sort of thing you could make. I don't have tremor and something like that might be useful to me at times... parts keep getting smaller and smaller. ftp://jjlarkin.lmi.net/BeamLeads.JPG John
From: John Fields on 18 Jan 2010 19:39 On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:58:11 -0800 (PST), electronman99 <electronman99(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Dear scielectronicsbasics people, > >I am 65 and was recently diagnosed with essential tremor. It is not >Parkinsons and is not a serious health threat. (Bill Clinton was >diagnosed with it a few years ago). Basically it means that my hands >shake a little bit. This shaking now makes soldering difficult. --- A couple shots of Wild Turkey steadies mine right up... ;) JF
From: krw on 18 Jan 2010 20:20 On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:39:20 -0600, John Fields <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote: >On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:58:11 -0800 (PST), electronman99 ><electronman99(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >>Dear scielectronicsbasics people, >> >>I am 65 and was recently diagnosed with essential tremor. It is not >>Parkinsons and is not a serious health threat. (Bill Clinton was >>diagnosed with it a few years ago). Basically it means that my hands >>shake a little bit. This shaking now makes soldering difficult. > >--- >A couple shots of Wild Turkey steadies mine right up... ;) ....and a couple more and you don't care. ;-)
From: Teodor Väänänen on 18 Jan 2010 22:20 krw wrote On 2010-01-19 02:20: > On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:39:20 -0600, John Fields > <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote: > >> On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:58:11 -0800 (PST), electronman99 >> <electronman99(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Dear scielectronicsbasics people, >>> >>> I am 65 and was recently diagnosed with essential tremor. It is not >>> Parkinsons and is not a serious health threat. (Bill Clinton was >>> diagnosed with it a few years ago). Basically it means that my hands >>> shake a little bit. This shaking now makes soldering difficult. >> >> --- >> A couple shots of Wild Turkey steadies mine right up... ;) > > > ...and a couple more and you don't care. ;-) Just my $.02 worth: You know those ergonomic cushions used under your mouse wrist? One of those and appropriate number of books or brochures under it, so you get a good working height to have your wrist resting on the cushion while you solder. And then of course, an appropriate soldering iron of short type. /Teo. -- Teodor V��n�nen | Don't meddle in the affairs of wizards, <teostupiditydor(a)algonet.se> | for you are good and crunchy with http://www.algonet.se/~teodor/ | ketchup. Remove stupidity to reply. |
From: David L. Jones on 19 Jan 2010 05:33
electronman99 wrote: > Dear scielectronicsbasics people, > > I am 65 and was recently diagnosed with essential tremor. It is not > Parkinsons and is not a serious health threat. (Bill Clinton was > diagnosed with it a few years ago). Basically it means that my hands > shake a little bit. This shaking now makes soldering difficult. What > would help me is to find a soldering iron with a short tip. I have a > Weller 25 watt, but the tip is over 5 inches long, and, as a result, > the end of the tip shakes quite a bit while I'm trying to solder. I > have searched the Internet, but cannot seem to find an iron with a > short tip. Does anyone know where I can purchase a soldering iron > that has a short tip? Thanks. electronman99 The Metcal ones are pretty short'n'stumpy. http://metcal.com/products/ Dave. -- --------------------------------------------- Check out my Electronics Engineering Video Blog & Podcast: http://www.eevblog.com |