[sdiy] Health Hazard from Solder Fumes

[Plutonique9]

On Mon, 05 Mar 2001 18:16:13 -0500, Mike I. wrote:
>Here's a link to some recent information concerning the risks
>associated
>with soldering... probably worth reading:
>
>http://www.bbc-safety.co.uk/HSE/solderfume&you.htm
>
>This link was given on one of the tube amp/fx sites today.
>Mike

On that note, I've only just recently gotten into using wishboards or 
breadboards for building electronic circuits. These are quite groovy 
in that it is very much like building Lego, just pushing in the 
resistors, caps, trimmers and IC's without having to use a drop of 
solder. In fact, you can even wire up your switches and pots by using 
crimping tools.

They are kind of expensive, these boards though, probably will take 
up a lot more space for construction, but I think their are just as 
many pro's for takin' this route as their are con's.

Most people use these for small prototype circuits and the such, but 
i'm just curious if any one on the list actually have built, say, a 
complete synthesizer just using breadboards. It seems to "hold" the 
parts pretty firmly in place.

Its definetly making building electronics a lot more fun of an 
experience. No pissing around with etching PCB's and chemicals, no 
solder smoke fumes, easy to fix up mistakes, la de la......

I'm curious to how people on the list view complet construction using 
only breadboards and crimping methods.

Tae it ez people, and breathe (but don't inhale :)
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