> and yes, normal soldering fumes should be vented or filtered! yeah, > yeah, some people smoke, but it's best to reduce your exposures all > around. just because someone has one big exposure doesn't mean the > little don't count or that they don't add up by themselves. it's called > risk reduction, and it's always a balance, but it's just stupid to take > exposures that are easy to avoid. As a lifelong asthma sufferer, I can tell you that you don't want any part of it. Solder smoke definitely causes occupational asthma, and can eventually lead to emphysema (sp?) so better to stay away from long exposure. I finally junked the homemade solder smoke fan and bought a Hakko fan with a carbon filter. It mounts on a 1/2" diameter pole right above and behind my panavise, where most of the soldering is done. The pole is scavenged from some lab glassware supports that were extra. Both are mounted to a heavy board with rubber feet so they won't slide around the bench. The board is some kind of dense plastic, and weighs about 5Kg. I've quite mounting my panavises to the bench, because there is no flexibility.=20 -- Lawrence Lile, P.E. Electrical and Electronic Solutions Project Solutions Companies www.projsolco.com 573-443-7100 ext 221 > -----Original Message----- > From: Philip Stortz [mailto:madscientist.at.large@EARTHLINK.NET] > Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 3:45 AM > To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU > Subject: Re: [OT:] SMT soldering oven was: Death .. >=20 > aremco.com (i think that's right) sells a variety of high temp > insulation, including structural insulation board. finding good high > temp insulation isn't hard. again, google is your' friend and better > than guessing and wasting time and money. >=20 > and yes, normal soldering fumes should be vented or filtered! yeah, > yeah, some people smoke, but it's best to reduce your exposures all > around. just because someone has one big exposure doesn't mean the > little don't count or that they don't add up by themselves. it's called > risk reduction, and it's always a balance, but it's just stupid to take > exposures that are easy to avoid. >=20 >=20 > Lucas Thompson wrote: > > > > As suggested earlier, use Kaowool or other brand of ceramic fiber > > insultation, it handles pretty much like fiberglass but it's a bit more > > brittle (wear gloves!). I use it for very hot things like kilns and > > forges. Your local pottery supply store should have some or know where > > to get it. > > > > Make sure to coat the inside with collodial silica (rigidizer) so you > > don't get the particulates all over the place. It's not good for your > > lungs and probably wouldn't be good for the boards either. Coating the > > inside with ITC-100 after that would probably be $$$ overkill. > -------- >=20 > -- > proof that > the U.S. media is now state controlled! Ask your' local tv station why > the hell they aren't airing the news any more! Our system of government > requires an informed public, with their eyes open. >=20 > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList > mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu