Are we allowed to talk about this? I feel like we need a thread of great Black Friday deals. Most of what I am seeing is notreally deals. Youse?

  • undecidables@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Thinking about buying a solder station…I have nothing to solder though. I envision tonearm stuff, but probably won’t happen. Might buy one anyway, lol.

    • JoeyJabroni@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I got one for fixing some tonearm wires I pulled of a board while doing some other work so I could re-sell the table. Piece of cake. Then, about 6 months ago I thought it would be neat to buy some Mogami cable and nice RCA connectors and make my own interconnects. It did not go well. The leads and solder cups were so small and I think I ended up oxidizing my solder tip and that was the end of that. Returned the unused length of cable and connectors and just bought pre-made instead.

      • undecidables@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Ah, fixing cables. Good idea. I tend to go through blue jean cables alot because I need to bend them so much. This could be worth it.

          • undecidables@alien.topBEnglish
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            1 year ago

            Thanks. I’m going to fart around here and see what I can do. But I’m might hit you up. Thanks for the offer.

    • swisgarr@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I got a butane solder iron. So much easier to use without the cord hanging off or it to melt with the hot end.