[sdiy] Fume extraction

[Vladimir Pantelic]

Weller Zero Smog EL kit, never looked back

On Thu, May 19, 2022, 16:56 Todd Sines <sines_list at scale.la> wrote:

> Speaking of fume extraction, my DIY production and Mr. Fixit repairs have
> been in high gear over the last few years.
> Not daily, but sometimes it’s all I do for a few days, 8-10 hours a day. I
> do not want occupational asthma, which I am sure I have been somewhat
> exposed to.
>
> What are your suggestions, aside from my current, which is an inverted CPU
> fan on adjustable “helper hands”, with a scouring pad to catch all of the
> “bad stuff”?
> It became too much to wear a paint respirator mask all the time. But I
> hope I don’t regret this.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
>
> Todd
>
> > On May 19, 2022, at 6:30 42AM, Roman Sowa <modular at go2.pl> wrote:
> >
> > 1. not if you have proper fume extractor. The competition was sponsored
> by soldering equipment vendors, so each seat had about $5k worth of
> equipment on it, including of course fume extractor.
> >
> > Roman
> >
> > W dniu 2022-05-18 o 22:09, Mattias Rickardsson pisze:
> >> Roman Sowa <modular at go2.pl <mailto:modular at go2.pl>> skrev:
> >>    Did you know that there used to be European Soldering Championship
> >>    taking place during Productronica trade show?
> >>    Not sure if it's still organized though. Because of Covid last 2
> >>    editions of national championship were canceled
> >> That's quite (soldering) ironic, since
> >> 1. sniffing soldering fumes is more hazardous than sniffing the exhaust
> air from people during covid
> >> 2. how likely is it that participants of a soldering competition ever
> sees other people and get contagious anyway?
> >> ;-)
> >> /mr
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