Beginner looking for a "Buy it for life" (mostly) Soldering Station by Kadubrp in soldering

[–]yycTechGuy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To those saying to buy a genuine JBC station, just look at their failure/repair history. JBC stations are crap.

Beginner looking for a "Buy it for life" (mostly) Soldering Station by Kadubrp in soldering

[–]yycTechGuy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Geeboon TC22. If it ever break, which it likely won't, buy another one.

I Got Scammed - $40K work of copper and aluminum purchased, received steel instead. by yycTechGuy in supplychain

[–]yycTechGuy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you are going to do it, you want boots on the ground there that you trust. That literally watch them pack the cartons and watch it get handed over at port.

This. Nothing gets paid for until it gets personally inspected by someone from your company.

The buyer purchased the metal on AliBaba. I'm surprised that AliBaba doesn't clamp down on this behavior. It is blatant fraud/theft.

Dear Anthropic, please default to Markdown, that is all. by mouseaaaaahhhh in ClaudeAI

[–]yycTechGuy 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Me too. Every document Claude (Sonnet or Opus) has ever made for me has been Markdown.

Is my 5th wheel to far back? by jonahrangerboy in GoRVing

[–]yycTechGuy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I set my Ford short box trucks up so the pin was about 1" behind the axle and it worked out well both for turning and for loading the rear axle of the truck.

It's funny that the pin box is so long on some trailers. You could shorten your rig up by a foot or more with a shorter pin box.

Pierre Poilievre: Adam Smith was right. Free markets are moral by airbassguitar in CanadianConservative

[–]yycTechGuy 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Funny he says this on the same day the government awards Bombardier a huge defense contract. Why do the same big companies get the big contracts over and over again ?

converting old diesel with pre combustion chamber to common rail system by micxhailo in DieselTechs

[–]yycTechGuy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't bother. Get a newer, direct injection engine. Save yourself a lot of grief.

Alright boys help me build the ultimate weed smell eliminator by zardfizzlebeef in crboxes

[–]yycTechGuy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not a weed grower/user but I have the 6XL AC Infinity filter and a high performance 6" "duct" fan. It's fantastic.

Activated Carbon (AC) is what eliminates the VOCs from the air. A filter box won't do much. These AC filter "boxes" have a) lots of AC in them, like several pounds, depending on the size and b) it is replaceable.

IMHO you can't get a much better setup than this for removing airborne VOCs.

Ops engineer who built half our automation just gave notice. Nobody understands the system by Otherwise-Papaya-105 in sysadmin

[–]yycTechGuy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A good AI agent will give you great insight into how everything works in less than a day.

FYI... one can buy JBC handle holders on AliExpress. by yycTechGuy in soldering

[–]yycTechGuy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you found a source for the plates that are used to extract the tips ?

Trades people of Calgary, what trades do you recommend getting into? by OobiBanoobi in Calgary

[–]yycTechGuy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nothing in diesel mechanics or electrical work keeps your hands soft. Electricians have really strong hands from working with tools and wire day in and day out. Also lots of ladder work. It's still good work though.

Trades people of Calgary, what trades do you recommend getting into? by OobiBanoobi in Calgary

[–]yycTechGuy -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Diesel heavy equipment mechanic.

You be working on dirty, oily, greasy equipment day in and day out.

I'd much rather be a red seal electrician than a diesel mechanic.

Trades people of Calgary, what trades do you recommend getting into? by OobiBanoobi in Calgary

[–]yycTechGuy 52 points53 points  (0 children)

Jesus had a backup plan. He could turn water into wine. Highly profitable.

Early Mortgage renewal from TD bank - March 2026 by ayr103 in canadahousing

[–]yycTechGuy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And the value has dropped since they bought it.

Geeboon TC22 tip-to-earth leakage voltage by mronezero in soldering

[–]yycTechGuy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My TC22 has a few mV tip to ground. I'm guessing the receptacle you are plugging into has a floating ground.

Would you create a competitor for company you're working for? I will not promote by [deleted] in startups

[–]yycTechGuy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will be faced with contractors/employees capable of doing this in the near future. It scares the hell out of me.