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[AJ1G]

I once laid my wrist across the tube of a Weller soldering iron stand that for some reason was missing the protective wire coil around it.  Left a burn scar that took several years to fade out.

But nothing matched the pain of the time I had a finish nail from my nail gun run wild and come out of the piece of trim I was holding up with my right thumb and forefinger, went into the meat of my thumb, and OUT through my thumbnail...man it hurts just thinking about it while I type this!

[Opcom]

Roland, looks like they improved the situation slightly, but the gurl ain't go no solder or solder wick wurkin'! When I was repairing Fender guitar amps I always wanted to see the production facility for the folded line reverberation devices that were "Manufactured by beautiful girls in Milton, Wisconsin under controlled atmosphere conditions"...

controlled atmosphere conditions just means some standard air conditioning temperature and humidity, or sometimes only a marketing thing, meaning 'air conditioned' work space.

I do like knowing that a lot of the old electronics was made by ladies. Made with love in the USA by American ladies young and old. There is nothing better.