why is it that...

[runmikeyrun]

...solder smoke always goes TOWARD your face?  Is it because it's sooo toxic?  because it tastes bad?  I have a little DC fan hooked up running off a wall wart to blow it away but in the winter it's too cold in the basement for a fan...

[petemoore]

Funky but it sure works.
 You have the fan, that's a good start.
 Can get fans here and there. it's a cooling fan 4'' I think.
 If I had it to do again I would build a shroud around the fan.
 I duct taped flexible 4'' dryer exhaust tube to the fan on one side and stuck the other side through a hole in a Med. Large box.
 The exhaust side of the fan got a little more flexi hose then even larger hard plastic tubing which releases the fumes in the other room [ I wish outside] which is a sturage room....wash your hands after touching anything in the basement...
  The Tube is a nice grey brown color at it's mouth, I've had countless hours of Solder msmoke go through it.
  I also installed a light, and used to use clamping methods for the work, but soon realized the myriad positions would require extra hands, and I adapted quuickly to the excellent {IMO} method of simply clamping the soldering Iron {I stick the Iron through a brick's hole, and use a special wedge to clamp it tight to the brick...actually the brick sits atop an upside down frying pan, the boards need  elbow room and this gets the tip up.
 That's it except use a 1/2 inch tube fastened so the opening is right next to the tip and use a flexible hospital tube...but I tried...you need an induction fan for that to get enough flow...
 Anyway instead of letting the fumes just go where they want..build another filter box...cut it out so it's a frame for air filters you can soil, and run the exhaust into there.
 That smoke really got to pesterin me, since I installed the Deluxe' Soldering Station..lol...assembling circuits is much more pleasant!

[smoguzbenjamin]

It could be that your breath is sucking it in, oh and you might be right above the soldering work to see what you are doing

[Paul Perry (Frostwave)]

...but in the winter it's too cold in the basement for a fan...

Ah, you need a hot air blower! but seriously, sucking might work better.

[toneman]

mikey wrote

...solder smoke always goes TOWARD your face?

i thought Gravity pulled smoke 2 the center of the earth?

Some say Gravity pulls,
I say Gravity sucks.

Think U R strong?
Defy gravity.

as long as U know which end of the iron 2 hold :lol:
Just don't inhale!!!  :lol:
staytuned
tone

[ErikMiller]

...solder smoke always goes TOWARD your face

It's the same principle that makes cigarette smoke head straight for the nostrils of the person in the room most likely to be bothered by it.

Put six smokers and one non-smoker in a room, have one of the smokers light up, and watch where the smoke goes.

It's freakin' uncanny.

[Peter Snowberg]

Put six smokers and one non-smoker in a room, have one of the smokers light up, and watch where the smoke goes.

It's freakin' uncanny.

I know what you mean.... I would rather chug chocolate mayonnaise soda than smell tobacco, but somehow that smoke seems to find me.

-Peter

[MarkB]

and why do dogs/cats always want to be SOOOO friendly to anyone who is highly allergic?
"-)

[smoguzbenjamin]

And why do frogs like me so much when I have a phobia for them :x

[blabj]

and why do dogs/cats always want to be SOOOO friendly to anyone who is highly allergic?
"-)

ah well you see thats because cats and dogs are evil, trust me i have lived with them for all my life and now im starting to see thruogh that soft and cuddly exterior into the true beasts that they are  :twisted:  trust me, cats are worse, just watch the film cats and dogs and you'll know what i mean  :lol:

[casey]

yup, that's too funny, i've noticed that the smoke heads toward
me as well, i can even hold my breath.....

i think it make have to do with the direction you hold the iron.....?

[smoguzbenjamin]

Away from the hot air... could be a point.... :?

[petemoore]

If your'e in a cold room there is a flow created by body heat that draws air [smoke] into it.

[RDV]

MMMMMMMMMMM....Chocolate Mayonaise Soda!!!!!!!

Yummy Yummy Yummy!!

RDV

[Paul Marossy]

It does it just to bug you.  :wink:

I guess I have been soldering so long now that I rarely notice any kind of odors or smoke when I solder. I don't have much of a problem with smoke when I'm soldering.

[Hal]

its the same thing with the toast and the butter...

[RDV]

Gotta have my fan on or it gets behind my glasses and gives me a serious eye hit. Ouch.

Regards

RDV

[Xlrator]

I remember when I must have been a freshman in HS purposely taking a "hit" of solder smoke on a dare when "high" on another kind of smoke. I don't reccomend that to anyone.

I even remember putting one of those old aluminum keys into an electrical socket underneath my bed and getting the shock of a lifetime (maybe 5-6 yrs. old).

I don't know why I typed the latter paragraph, but, solder smoke doesn't bother me much. I like it. Especially the Kester!!

[niftydog]

For those keen bunnies out there, here's what I've got on my workbench at work.

However, "low-noise" is not a term I would associate with this product!

Xlrator, you're not alone.  As a kid I zapped myself many times.  In fact, the light in my bedhead should never have been legally sold;  No protection whatsoever!  I was just reaching around the back of the bed one day and WHAMMO!

[Lonehdrider]

"I even remember putting one of those old aluminum keys into an electrical socket underneath my bed and getting the shock of a lifetime (maybe 5-6 yrs. old)."

You did that too eh? I tried a metal fingernail file when I was about '5'... Scuse the pun, but I was ahem.. "Grounded"...

Regards,

Lone