I started slinging solder when I was about ten or so... Thats 66-10.... Uh........ 56 years. Knight kits... ( were they mean to built at night? )(I built them at night) i really thought there were made to be built at night... knight Kits... Solder smells very different than it in the 50's it's more nasty now. The sweet smell of burning rosin never bothered me. I liked it! We all knew it had lead and it was a bad idea to eat it. No one said the fumes were bad for you. (although I am sure those nasty solder makers, those evil corporation chiefs...they knew! They have always known)(just like the tobacco boys.)( Nd of course the GMO gene guys) But like cigarettes, rosin is very addictive. One sniff and your done. Why else would you spend a lifetime breathing it in? Do they talk about it... No, that's how they "hook" us E.E,s It happened to me. Now we have safety features like exhaust fans, lead free solder...SMT and wave soldering. Kids today can't get hooked on rosin. But they sure have plenty of other mind bending Substances to fool with. So do a kid a favor... get him hooked. I am the pusher man. And yeah...lead is toxic... But what the hell most things are.
Sent from my iPad...full of toxins and parts of Steven Jobs. Oh and btw I have all of those symptom listed below. plus a few others which I will not mention.p Thank God I'm rich enough to quit work. On Dec 19, 2010, at 9:09 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire <r...@cobi.biz> wrote: > The rules get tighter as the years wear on. Nowadays the fumes from > soldering are considered dangerous because there are lead oxide vapors in > them, and inhaling too much can lead to lead poisoning. > > Symptoms include loss of appetite, indigestion, nausea, vomiting, > constipation, headache, abdominal cramps, nervousness, and insomnia. Lead is > absorbed through the mucous membranes of the lung, stomach, or intestines > and then enters the bloodstream. > > Sheesh, and all these years I thought it was work causing those symptoms! > > Seriously, it is worth paying close attention to the toxins in our > environment. Every year there seem to be more and more of them and the > cumulative effect is not well understood. > > I don't use a ventilator hood for my route soldering, but I do position the > work so I'm alongside it, not above it, and the fumes rise up and away from > both the work and me. > > I readily handle wire solder but wash my hands as soon as I'm done. > > Ron AC7AC > P > -----Original Message----- > > It seems to me that some may remember that glasses were recommended to keep > the smokin rosin from coating our eyes too? > Or, that when looking close at a soldering connection, the smoke would burn > a bit? > Flyin' solder was the least of our worries, making a good solid physical > connection properly soldered, was of prime concideration, > and one would be proud, when the connection held up under stress....even if > the stress was the result of a pair of electrolitics wired ...... in > reverse. But.. that is a story for another time. But.. the solder held. > > --... ...-- Dale - WC7S in Wy > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
