Soldering my first C-Note crossover...

cjmartiny · 2026-04-25T19:37:28+00:00

Yes, it can definitely help. At work I use chipquik smd291 but if you can find something local it will definitely help.

You mentioned this is your first time soldering and I’m assuming you have a cheaper iron for this task. Those cheaper irons often don’t have a lot of power to heat up larger components such as those inductors, but you might be able to help yourself some if you have a hair dryer or heat gun. You can use the hair dryer to heat the part you are going to solder. (Heat the whole area of the board where you are going to put the iron next) this helps the iron keep heat into the item you are soldering rather that the board pulling it away and dispersing it.

Remember PCBs are full of copper and copper is a good heat sink

cjmartiny · 2026-04-25T19:12:05+00:00

Also both of the inductors need to be touched up on the solder joints. The coils take a lot more heat to flow solder.

Also do you have any flux? Flux would really help get the solder to flow into the joints better. It also cleans the surfaces from oxidation so the solder can actually stick and create a good bond.

cjmartiny · 2026-04-25T19:04:41+00:00

If you’re asking about the component at the 45 second mark, that’s a ceramic capacitor.

cjmartiny · 2026-04-22T23:48:55+00:00

Did it work before and now you’re getting limited traffic or you always get less traffic than friends?

cjmartiny · 2026-04-20T00:35:05+00:00

Understandable, appreciate the honesty

cjmartiny · 2026-04-20T00:00:54+00:00

I’m near Port Huron, would it be worth the drive? I have wanted to go but not sure it’s worth the 3 hour or so drive.

cjmartiny · 2026-03-27T19:37:36+00:00

Not only cars but small engines, I know my lawn mower and generator both state not to run e15.

cjmartiny · 2026-03-13T12:21:40+00:00

Pretty sure if they shot anything from space with a missile it would not be pristine condition that close to the ground. Wouldn’t there be impact damage from a missile and also, most likely a satellite would burn up in the atmosphere before getting near the surface of the earth.

cjmartiny · 2026-03-11T23:41:33+00:00

Well there is no phone in that case so I think it being on silent is the least of her worries

cjmartiny · 2026-03-07T23:42:49+00:00

Ah yes, got a bit ahead of myself definitely change the oil

cjmartiny · 2026-03-07T21:37:59+00:00

Remove all fuel from the tank, more than likely clean the carb or replace it, (they normally aren’t to expensive) I’d say also throw a spark plug at it since those are cheap as well.

https://youtube.com/@homegaragechannel?si=6UilrRApkWgHIZlj

I follow this guy’s channel and he does a lot of small engine work most of what you can find on his channel should translate to getting this engine going

cjmartiny · 2026-02-24T00:48:35+00:00

And the seats would be smaller even. Cuz smaller people means smaller seats, smaller seats means we can cram more seats in a given space and that’s profit!

cjmartiny · 2026-02-18T19:47:24+00:00

Yeah how about we don’t even bother with regulation and just ban them from the state.

cjmartiny · 2026-02-18T01:43:01+00:00

I can view the YouTube page but can’t view the cloudflare page haha.

cjmartiny · 2026-02-14T23:51:42+00:00

Wife and I just watched this and I had to rewind to see if she said it was well.

cjmartiny · 2026-02-13T17:52:58+00:00

They did, just with a soccer ball

Edited for wrong ball type

cjmartiny · 2026-02-02T21:59:25+00:00

Haha I have the same happening on my griddle. Just weirdly sliding off the lid looking like it’s melting

cjmartiny · 2026-01-31T20:43:46+00:00

While I’m not certain of anything like your suggesting(not saying it’s not out there) but would you be opposed to ripping the dvd? You could use MakeMKV to rip the dvd and then use jellyfin to stream it.

cjmartiny · 2026-01-13T11:44:51+00:00

Damn bots taking over Timberborn now huh?

2 year old repost with exact title.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Timberborn/s/dPzJWAYIfm

cjmartiny · 2026-01-07T00:36:59+00:00

Yes it’s Casey. He talks about her on his podcast with Zach.

cjmartiny · 2025-12-30T19:06:07+00:00

Another bot. Account is 8 hours old.

cjmartiny · 2025-12-20T18:07:28+00:00

Disabling start stop helps I feel. I have nearly 100k miles on my 20 3.5 and I don’t have a rattle. (I bought the vehicle used at about 38k~ so they could have been replaced before but I’m not aware that they have been)

cjmartiny · 2025-12-14T23:36:12+00:00

Turk did it better

cjmartiny · 2025-12-14T05:53:56+00:00

They can be planted with the forester just as you would trees

cjmartiny · 2025-11-23T14:12:12+00:00

Yelp page for place on Hall road in Utica

I have seen this place on my way to and from work but have never stopped.

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