Paradise ponders... In between other things today I got to try out my desoldering gun for the first time. I had soldered four switches onto the wrong side of a printed circuit board. Each switch has four contacts, so to fix this I needed to desolder 16 pins on a double-sided board. I've done this before with a combination of copper braid and a "solder sucker", but that's tedious and likely to damage the board. This time I had
the right tool. Instead of a couple hours of delicate work, and likely a damaged board - I was all done in six minutes, including the time it took for the desoldering gun to warm up. Electronic mistakes and repairs will no longer be the torture they once were...
The roofer showed up as promised today, but ... didn't have all the needed materials. They did finish up the roof itself, so we're waterproof. They didn't have the trim needed before the siding goes on, though. They'll be back on Monday. As I write, I'm waiting for the guys to show up to do the drywall taping and texturing.
I spent my morning mopping. Yesterday afternoon I vacuumed our garage, after finally clearing the last of its contents out. Today I finished the job - the garage is now ready to receive our new cars...
