Soldering

I’ve started making up the circuits needed for Simontron. I had a meeting with Dan a couple of weeks ago to run thru’ my “circuit diagrams” and he seems to think that it’s possible. Unfortunately my soldering iron is quite old and doesn’t hold it’s charge for long which means after making 1 of the 8 I need, it’s now on charge. And I’ve just noticed the bulb I’ve connected is blown so I’ll have to nip down to Maplins to get a replacement tomorrow. I’m also gonna check out the boxes that Dan told me they do. Everytime I’ve taken it in to show people, another connection has broken so I need to make a box for it. I couldn’t think of anywhere that did balsa wood but Dan suggested these plastic boxes that you can cut holes into so I’m gonna give that a whirl. He also gave me a little tip of spraying silicon onto the connections to help hold them in place, especially if it’s not gonna be a permanent thing. Sheer genius, so looks as though I’ll be getting a spray can of that as well. Check out my “workshop” below.