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need some help and advice on glove?

pge31

Hello everyone,

 

I am trying to learn to solder, but can't due to my disability. I would like to know if there is a special kind of glove that can prevent me from getting burn?

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  • Hi PaoGe,

     

    As well as the excellent advice from John, you may also wish to check out a manufacturer called Ansell (Australian but they have distributors globally) who make heat-resistant gloves. I don't know how practical they are to wear, but they may have advice.

    Also there are some soldering irons with a very short hot end, although they are a bit pricey (about the lowest cost one that I know of with a fairly short hot end is this Metcal PS-900this Metcal PS-900 ). Alternatively maybe it is possible to adapt the handle of an existing iron, to try to prevent the hand slipping for example (e.g. some sort of lip glued onto the handle).

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  • Hi PaoGe,

     

    As well as the excellent advice from John, you may also wish to check out a manufacturer called Ansell (Australian but they have distributors globally) who make heat-resistant gloves. I don't know how practical they are to wear, but they may have advice.

    Also there are some soldering irons with a very short hot end, although they are a bit pricey (about the lowest cost one that I know of with a fairly short hot end is this Metcal PS-900this Metcal PS-900 ). Alternatively maybe it is possible to adapt the handle of an existing iron, to try to prevent the hand slipping for example (e.g. some sort of lip glued onto the handle).

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  • in reply to shabaz

    I can thoroughly recommend a Metcal soldering station, they are just awesome to use, whether it will help with your disability is something you'll need to determine yourself. I think they are all pretty short from grip to tip, I just measured the hand piece on my MX-5000 station and it's 33mm from grip to tip which makes it a lot easier to keep steady because there is less distance between your hand and the board. It also has the added advantage of reducing the chances of accidentally grabbing the hot bit! One thing you should note if you go down that route is that Metcal soldering stations are purchased without tips, you have to buy those separately so factor in the cost of the tip(s) along with the station that linked to. As well as that one, also consider the MFR range as they do dual output ones which will allow you to also have a pair of tweezers.

     

    Best Regards,

     

    Rachael

  • in reply to shabaz

    Thanks for the information I will look at this one and see if it fits my needs.