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Originally Posted by Brennan068
I've never had trouble with a soldering iron, but I don't have double-vision either.
If you want to pick it up and try it as a hobby, go to a toy store that sells science toys, there are electronic toy sets that include a cheap soldering iron (old school one, like a wood burning iron). Radio shack used to have them too. Give it a try with cheap stuff and see if it works for you. I'd suggest the scotch tape over one lens trick that others have suggested before... or an eye patch. You wouldn't want two soldering irons that close to your finger  |
I was actually thinking I'd get a prebuilt unit off ebay. Not quite the same quality, but they aren't bad and it keeps me in the same price bracket so I have money to get a set of rock headphones...my current ones are more for classical, though I use them for both. I'm afraid with the double vision I'll end up burning up parts or missing the soldering joints.
That said, your idea about picking up a toy kit is a good one and I might do that before ordering my ebay unit. I definitely wouldn't be able to build it with the double vision, and I'm thinking that the lack of depth perception with tape over one lens will cause a problem--I have trouble getting the insulin needle into the vile, I'll probably go to solder a joint and end up burning up a resistor.
Its nice to think I can do things, but I have a habit of setting myself up to fail (like buying a manual shift car when I could see my health was failing). As I'm in no condition at the moment to work on the kit, I can always get my ebay unit, then practice with one of the toy sets until I'm more comfortable, and build a better one at that point, and sell off the old one.
Anyway, I wrote a really long response to a simple answer. So, thanks for your advice, I definitely will pick up a toy kit to practice with, but will get the ebay unit for now so I don't waste money on something I can't do (wow, you actually helped me make a decision--thank you
).
Jeff