They could have purchased a web site package and, using templates, built something on their own. They could have found someone to design something that partially achieved their goals. Instead, they came to Deesigned Studio, and now have an extensible website that fulfils their current needs, and which can grow as their needs grow.

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This is a project that Wayne and I have been working on for a while. He had the dream, Deesigned Studio provides the engineering. This instrument has a provisional patent.

To some, it seems counter-intuitive, but to avoid overheating components during the soldering process, having enough heat to heat the joint quickly is the best solution. Metcal makes some fine solder stations that are able to heat solder joints very quickly. This means that the heat does not need to be applied to the joint for nearly as long as with a low-powered iron.

If this doesn’t make sense, consider this … heat moves along the conductors. An iron with insufficient heat will be on those conductors for a long time, and the heat will be drawn away from the joint, and into the components which are larger, and act as heat sinks. On the other hand, an iron that is able to heat the joint quickly will be able to make the solder flow more quickly. Then, the heat is removed. While the initial temperature of the joint was higher, the total thermal energy applied will actually be less than with a lower temperature, inefficient iron.

This also means that the solder tips should be in good condition. A dirty tip will be less efficient at transmitting that thermal energy directly to the solder joint.

Metcal solder / rework station