Iāll be cleaning this one up properly, if it comes up ok I will sell it, then iām gonna drop kick this project out the fucking window
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Haha. He never does.
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Iām pretty anti- car, but I have to own one because of my skiing and esk8 addictions
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you are killing it I was only brave enough to give it 1/4 throttle 
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I just use a wet sponge, works great. I thought those things would damage the tip over time.
Ive got one of those too, you donāt want to see it lol. The years have not been kind to it.
I have been told that proper tip cleaning technique is to scrape off the crud on the copper wool between solder joints, and to scrape AND wipe on the sponge before tinning the tip for a new round of soldering. Works great for me anyway, and Iām not losing a bunch of heat by wiping my iron on a wet sponge constantly.
I have not had any issue with tips wearing down, as long as you use decent tips you should be fine.
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Yeah, tips shouldnāt wear down as long as youāre using the proper type of scrunchy thing. Material properties and all.
I still regularly use the stock tip that came with my WESD51 thatās at least 8 years old, but I think pushing 10ish. It honestly still looks likeā¦ brand new. I probably use scrunchy + wet pad on it way more often than needed just as a fidgety habit, & both instead of just wet pad def makes a difference IMO. The only personal soldering equipment Iāve had fail is the WES51 iron - which I think is the PES51. It didnāt actually fail heating wise or anything, but the portion that the tip actually goes into and then has a sheath that goes over the top & screws on to lock in the tip got wallered out & the tips would spin around/be generally loose during use + not heat as well. I think it was caused by hot-swapping tips during use w/a pair of pliers, couldnāt end up squishing it back into a smaller diameter. Just kinda crushed it because the metal is so thin.
If you need a new wet pad, razor blading the sponge side of a dish washing brillow pad into a square & making some channels in it like a stock pad works great.
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These fit the WESD51 great.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06ZZCCBB1/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
i should have joined even earlier from the start, i was jumping between here and the forsaken land for at least half a year before i finally made an account here since everything has mostly migrated.
i like it here
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Iām getting badly short-changed by this badge-dealing algorithm.
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Iād like to drop a plug for Famous Footwear 
Thanks for putting esk8 & ebike & EUC & Funwheel charging outlets in our park. I hope folks find some neat shoes.
https://www.famousfootwear.com/search#q=skate%20shoe&sort=relevancy
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Im sorryā¦ i have to do something to compensate for the size of my dick.
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hey man, i know u r angry, but no text in the picture thread please
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Are flipsky selling this gear drive for real ? Iāve heard about it twice but never seen any actual info
yes
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Almost 2 years and you hadnāt released a version yourselves? Imo thatās fair game.
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Wow, that set up will strait fly! looks great.
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No no what is wrong with you that is intellectual property
if he hasnāt uploaded with an open source and open to sell license (donāt know the name), the design is fully his property
just like the Davega, FS are fucking thieves here
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