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Re: World's Worst Soldering!

From John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com>
Newsgroups sci.electronics.repair, sci.electronics.design
Subject Re: World's Worst Soldering!
Date 2018-10-08 01:08 -0700
Organization highland technology
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On Sun, 7 Oct 2018 22:53:10 -0700, John Robertson <spam@flippers.com>
wrote:

>On 2018/10/07 7:34 PM, John Larkin wrote:
>> On Sun, 7 Oct 2018 21:36:29 -0400, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 10/07/2018 12:08 PM, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I just fixed up this classic Tek 466 scope I've been meaning to get
>>>> around to sorting out for the last few years. As you can see, my
>>>> soldering is atrocious. I've been soldering this type of circuitry for 50
>>>> years and never got any better at it in all that time. When it comes to
>>>> soldering and part-placement, I suck donkey dick!
>>>> Check it out and enjoy at my expense:
>>>>
>>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/128859641@N02/45109856712/in/dateposted-
>>>> public/
>>>>
>>>> and...
>>>>
>>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/128859641@N02/44247281105/in/dateposted-
>>>> public/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> As you can see, the "world's worst" tag was no exaggeration!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Eh. This was the soldering job in a commercially-sold SMPS bench power
>>> supply from an Amazon.com reseller, IIRC, this was how it looked when it
>>> left the mfgr, I took this photo immediately after opening the enclosure
>>> and pulling the PCB (it had stopped working! can you believe it)
>>>
>>> <https://www.dropbox.com/s/65km6pbq8wzch54/IMG_20171005_104357775.jpg?dl=0>
>> 
>> This is pretty bad. The box doesn't work.
>> 
>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/cja04ohlswjt1ig/Elenco.zip?dl=0
>> 
>> 
>> 
>
>You bought that NEW? Or was it second/third/fifth hand?

New, from Amazon. It arrived that way. I opened it because it didn't
work right.

>
>It looks like an idiot tried to modify it. I have trouble imagining a 
>legitimate company letting something that hacked out for sale.

It's Chinese.


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John Larkin         Highland Technology, Inc

lunatic fringe electronics 

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World's Worst Soldering! Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2018-10-07 16:08 +0000
  Re: World's Worst Soldering! tabbypurr@gmail.com - 2018-10-07 09:35 -0700
    Re: World's Worst Soldering! Chris <cbx@noreply.com> - 2018-10-07 16:41 +0000
      Re: World's Worst Soldering! tabbypurr@gmail.com - 2018-10-07 11:19 -0700
  Re: World's Worst Soldering! Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2018-10-07 10:36 -0700
    Re: World's Worst Soldering! tabbypurr@gmail.com - 2018-10-07 11:22 -0700
    Re: World's Worst Soldering! John Robertson <spam@flippers.com> - 2018-10-07 11:58 -0700
      Re: World's Worst Soldering! tabbypurr@gmail.com - 2018-10-07 12:57 -0700
      Re: World's Worst Soldering! John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2018-10-07 13:26 -0700
        Re: World's Worst Soldering! <698839253X6D445TD@nospam.org> - 2018-10-07 20:36 +0000
          Re: World's Worst Soldering! "jfeng@my-deja.com" <jfeng@my-deja.com> - 2018-10-07 15:06 -0700
            Re: World's Worst Soldering! Ralph Mowery <rmowery28146@earthlink.net> - 2018-10-07 18:37 -0400
          Re: World's Worst Soldering! John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2018-10-07 15:46 -0700
        Re: World's Worst Soldering! John Robertson <spam@flippers.com> - 2018-10-07 13:41 -0700
      Re: World's Worst Soldering! Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2018-10-07 19:09 -0700
    Re: World's Worst Soldering! Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2018-10-07 20:06 +0000
      Re: World's Worst Soldering! tabbypurr@gmail.com - 2018-10-07 13:34 -0700
        Re: World's Worst Soldering! Ralph Mowery <rmowery28146@earthlink.net> - 2018-10-07 18:33 -0400
      Re: World's Worst Soldering! Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2018-10-07 19:44 -0700
        Re: World's Worst Soldering! Ralph Mowery <rmowery28146@earthlink.net> - 2018-10-07 23:30 -0400
        Re: World's Worst Soldering! Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2018-10-08 10:55 +0000
        Re: World's Worst Soldering! tabbypurr@gmail.com - 2018-10-08 08:33 -0700
          Re: World's Worst Soldering! Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2018-10-08 11:44 -0700
            Re: World's Worst Soldering! Ralph Mowery <rmowery28146@earthlink.net> - 2018-10-08 17:17 -0400
            Re: World's Worst Soldering! tabbypurr@gmail.com - 2018-10-09 05:57 -0700
      Re: World's Worst Soldering! John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2018-10-07 21:26 -0700
        Re: World's Worst Soldering! bitrex <user@example.net> - 2018-10-08 02:20 -0400
        Re: World's Worst Soldering! Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2018-10-08 10:57 +0000
    Re: World's Worst Soldering! bruce2bowser@gmail.com - 2018-10-13 04:47 -0700
      Re: World's Worst Soldering! Allodoxaphobia <knock_yourself_out@example.net> - 2018-10-13 13:09 +0000
        Re: World's Worst Soldering! bruce2bowser@gmail.com - 2018-10-13 09:23 -0700
  Re: World's Worst Soldering! Steff <e-post.nu@gmx.com> - 2018-10-07 19:56 +0200
  Re: World's Worst Soldering! <698839253X6D445TD@nospam.org> - 2018-10-07 18:58 +0000
    Re: World's Worst Soldering! DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org - 2018-10-08 01:00 +0000
      Re: World's Worst Soldering! Phil Allison <pallison49@gmail.com> - 2018-10-07 20:02 -0700
        Re: World's Worst Soldering! Ralph Mowery <rmowery28146@earthlink.net> - 2018-10-07 23:39 -0400
      Re: World's Worst Soldering! Ralph Mowery <rmowery28146@earthlink.net> - 2018-10-07 23:36 -0400
  Re: World's Worst Soldering! bitrex <user@example.net> - 2018-10-07 21:36 -0400
    Re: World's Worst Soldering! John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2018-10-07 19:34 -0700
      Re: World's Worst Soldering! bitrex <user@example.net> - 2018-10-07 22:58 -0400
        Re: World's Worst Soldering! John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2018-10-07 20:59 -0700
      Re: World's Worst Soldering! John Robertson <spam@flippers.com> - 2018-10-07 22:53 -0700
        Re: World's Worst Soldering! John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2018-10-08 01:08 -0700
          Re: World's Worst Soldering! John Robertson <spam@flippers.com> - 2018-10-08 08:26 -0700
            Re: World's Worst Soldering! bitrex <user@example.net> - 2018-10-08 11:45 -0400
            Re: World's Worst Soldering! Allodoxaphobia <knock_yourself_out@example.net> - 2018-10-08 17:13 +0000
              Re: World's Worst Soldering! John Robertson <spam@flippers.com> - 2018-10-08 11:00 -0700
      Re: World's Worst Soldering! <698839253X6D445TD@nospam.org> - 2018-10-08 07:42 +0000
      Re: World's Worst Soldering! tabbypurr@gmail.com - 2018-10-08 08:25 -0700
  Re: World's Worst Soldering! Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2018-10-08 02:13 +0000
    Re: World's Worst Soldering! Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2018-10-08 10:39 +0000
  Re: World's Worst Soldering! The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2018-10-07 22:33 -0700
    Re: World's Worst Soldering! John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2018-10-08 01:12 -0700
      Re: World's Worst Soldering! <698839253X6D445TD@nospam.org> - 2018-10-08 15:01 +0000
        Re: World's Worst Soldering! Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2018-10-09 17:45 +0000
          Re: World's Worst Soldering! Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2018-10-09 17:47 +0000
  Re: World's Worst Soldering! Look165 <look165@numericable.fr> - 2018-10-08 11:08 +0200
    Re: World's Worst Soldering! Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2018-10-08 10:49 +0000
      Re: World's Worst Soldering! Look165 <look165@numericable.fr> - 2018-10-08 13:05 +0200
  Re: World's Worst Soldering! "pfjw@aol.com" <peterwieck33@gmail.com> - 2018-10-08 04:12 -0700
    Re: World's Worst Soldering! Ralph Mowery <rmowery28146@earthlink.net> - 2018-10-08 11:25 -0400
      Re: World's Worst Soldering! "pfjw@aol.com" <peterwieck33@gmail.com> - 2018-10-08 09:26 -0700
        Re: World's Worst Soldering! "jfeng@my-deja.com" <jfeng@my-deja.com> - 2018-10-08 12:34 -0700
          Re: World's Worst Soldering! "pfjw@aol.com" <peterwieck33@gmail.com> - 2018-10-09 04:03 -0700
  Re: World's Worst Soldering! Stephen Wolstenholme <steve@easynn.com> - 2018-10-08 16:57 +0100
  Re: World's Worst Soldering! Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2018-10-08 17:00 +0100
  Re: World's Worst Soldering! Kellerman <"kellerman(snot)2007"@gmail.com> - 2018-10-27 14:07 +0100
    Re: World's Worst Soldering! Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> - 2018-10-27 12:36 -0400
      Re: World's Worst Soldering! Kellerman <"kellerman(snot)2007"@gmail.com> - 2018-11-01 10:46 +0000
        Re: World's Worst Soldering! Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> - 2018-11-01 10:06 -0400
          Re: World's Worst Soldering! Kellerman <"kellerman(snot)2007"@gmail.com> - 2018-11-02 11:47 +0000

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