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Posted 09.21.2012 at 12:15 pm
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The Soldering Gun
Courtesy Mike Warren
Mike Warren, an editor at DIY website instructables.com, wanted a tool that was fun and unusual for projects that require soldering electronics. His solution? Disassemble a 15-watt soldering iron and install it in the gutted body of an air-pellet gun. He replaced the iron’s power switch so that pulling the gun’s trigger would turn it on and off and hollowed out the magazine with a rotary tool to make room for a battery pack. To prevent shorts, he covered the exposed electrical leads with heat-shrink tubing and threaded them through the gun’s barrel. Warren’s soldering gun reaches 365°F in about seven seconds. He has already used it to wire a 360-degree camera into a hat.
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Kind of awkward getting into tight spots where it's often used in electronics. I don't think too much demand for one except terrorists who will find a use for anything shaped like a gun.
comon pop sci ^^ its not that stuff isnt useful but cant you cover once in a while some breakthroughs like: 1st stable quantum network Or 1st practical quantum silicon qubit ... ?
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bored? lets go mine the stars... ^^
or the new feasability of the warp drive... anyway... just passing by... not telling how you should do your job...
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bored? lets go mine the stars... ^^
Is this a bizarre joke, which the inventor wants to shoot some 'HOT LED', at the bad guy?
I find this a stupid useless tool or a lame joke.