What first world problem did you have today?

[balloonshark]

The only "fun" stuff I've bought in a looong time is the crossbow I recently got. I guess the winch also, but that's weird convergence of fun, need, and money maker. Otherwise, it's food and household necessities.

Last month I did pick up a Steam Deck when they were on sale for $320. If it will get me using an OS other than windows it will be worth the money. I've also set it up with emudeck so a ton of content is available if you're willing to do the work.

 

[IronWing]

With the winch, you could build a very large crossbow.

 

[lxskllr]

With the winch, you could build a very large crossbow.

Playing with the crossbow, I started thinking of what it would take to send something like a telephone pole downrange. Put an iron tip on it, and you have a towable(?) breaching bow.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I'm soldering circuit boards and this is a rude reminder that I'm getting old. My eye sight to see small things is not as good as it used to be. I shouldn't be struggling this bad with TO92 packages, it's not even SMD! To be fair, the footprint I used is really not great, there's really not much solder mask between the pins so keep causing bridging. I will use a better footprint next time. These are not driving much current, can get away with a smaller annular ring.

When I do SMD I think I will opt to get the manufacturer to pick and place them for me.

 

[sdifox]

https://a.co/d/6nNUynL

 

[snoopy7548]

I haven't tried it in a while, but I bet I can still solder 0402 components without any magnification.