From: amdx on 25 Nov 2009 07:28 "richard" <mullens-deleteme-(a)ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:PdEOm.2813$Z_5.2763(a)newsfe10.ams2... > Jim Thompson wrote: >> http://www.analog-innovations.com/SED/TheMasterReading.jpg >> >> ...Jim Thompson > > Where's the soldering iron ? > or as some Americans say "the soddering iron" I'd suggest you would find it very rare for an American not to pronounce it sodder. Now, back to my regular skej-ool. ( not shej-ool ) :-) Mike
From: Clint Sharp on 25 Nov 2009 17:14
In message <X81Pm.55695$fF2.16702(a)newsfe26.ams2>, richard <mullens-deleteme-(a)ntlworld.com> writes >>>Ah, that wonderful aroma of burning flesh! >> I also had TO-18 sized burns on my finger tips ;-) >> >> ...Jim Thompson > >And left fingerprints in molten tin on the can. Owowowow, I've swapped shapes with a TO-220, it got my fingerprint in the tin and I got the tab on my thumb. -- Clint Sharp |