solder iron

[Juno]

is it safe to solder inside the house? or does it need some assistance of fans?

i never tried it and i need to finish it for a class project.

spit out your rants! i just need some quick responses.

 

[jhayx7]

Heck yeah! Make sure to put your eye very close to the object you are soldering too! No eye protection! It will make your soldering sloppy!

 

[slpaulson]

I did a ton of soldering indoors without any fans.

As long as you aren't in a tiny room with the door shut I'm sure you're fine. Put a fan in the doorway if it makes you feel better.

 

[Juno]

oh ok thanks guys because i need to finish at least 5 dancing body figures out of 18 gauge copper wires and i was wondering if soldering indoors are the environment-safe.

thanks for the quick responses! i'm looking forward to solder it. it's for a college class due at 9am but i'll be doing 7 small figures which wouldn't take more than 2 or 3 hours.

however i have a question, how long will it take to cool down the solder iron?

 

[mercanucaribe]

Use lead free solder

 

[jessicak]

ugh, totally soldered today and the fumes were just going straight up into my face. I have really long hair and a few strands got burned--that smelled even worse than the solder fumes.

 

[jessicak]

Originally posted by: Juno
oh ok thanks guys because i need to finish at least 5 dancing body figures out of 18 gauge copper wires and i was wondering if soldering indoors are the environment-safe.

thanks for the quick responses! i'm looking forward to solder it. it's for a college class due at 9am but i'll be doing 7 small figures which wouldn't take more than 2 or 3 hours.

however i have a question, how long will it take to cool down the solder iron?

to cool down? Less than 5 minutes.

 

[Juno]

hmm...it doesn't melt any copper wires at 18 gauge. i tried to stick the wire into the iron for minutes to see if it melts but it didn't.

now i'm gonna talk to my teacher at 9 to see what's up.

 

[Lonyo]

Open a window?

 

[Joemonkey]

Originally posted by: Juno
hmm...it doesn't melt any copper wires at 18 gauge. i tried to stick the wire into the iron for minutes to see if it melts but it didn't.

now i'm gonna talk to my teacher at 9 to see what's up.

wait, you're trying to use a soldering iron to melt copper? Its meant to melt solder to connect copper together, so you won't be melting any copper w/ it

 

[Juno]

Originally posted by: Joemonkey

Originally posted by: Juno
hmm...it doesn't melt any copper wires at 18 gauge. i tried to stick the wire into the iron for minutes to see if it melts but it didn't.

now i'm gonna talk to my teacher at 9 to see what's up.

wait, you're trying to use a soldering iron to melt copper? Its meant to melt solder to connect copper together, so you won't be melting any copper w/ it

i was trying to solder it together.