Who is amazed, that after soldering components in place, the electronic device in question actually works?
I've been repairing temperamental old synths and music gear for a good many years, and even with a perfect understanding of what I am doing, there is always still this this moment of "plug it in, watch it smoke and catch fire" bit of breath holding that goes with every repair.
Today I sat down with a pile of crap that I've been putting off for maybe 2 years, plugged in the old Weller and went to town. The final pieces were a few old Sansa MP3 players that needed new jacks and my beloved Microsoft 120GB Zune that my wife bought me forever ago that needed a new battery. Of course, the 120GB version doesn't have a ribbon cable, but tiny little SMD components with 4 traces that need to be soldered on in the middle of the cluster...
But I can say that everything went well, and she is charged up and ready to go. To my wife, it may as well been a magic trick.
I've been repairing temperamental old synths and music gear for a good many years, and even with a perfect understanding of what I am doing, there is always still this this moment of "plug it in, watch it smoke and catch fire" bit of breath holding that goes with every repair.
Today I sat down with a pile of crap that I've been putting off for maybe 2 years, plugged in the old Weller and went to town. The final pieces were a few old Sansa MP3 players that needed new jacks and my beloved Microsoft 120GB Zune that my wife bought me forever ago that needed a new battery. Of course, the 120GB version doesn't have a ribbon cable, but tiny little SMD components with 4 traces that need to be soldered on in the middle of the cluster...
But I can say that everything went well, and she is charged up and ready to go. To my wife, it may as well been a magic trick.
