And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Soldering to chrome plated objects usually requires acid flux. So long as he neutralized and cleaned it after the fact, he should be good. Otherwise, ...
If it's stupid but it works, it ain't stupid.
ReplyDeleteThat would never pass for high reliability soldering.
ReplyDeleteAn example of a FEM or "Field Expedient Modification". The ability of the individual to adapt gets the mission accomplished.
ReplyDeleteNecessity is the mother of all Alabama Engineering...
ReplyDeleteI've seen worse, not saying it's great but I have seen worse.
ReplyDeleteSoldering to chrome plated objects usually requires acid flux. So long as he neutralized and cleaned it after the fact, he should be good. Otherwise, ...
ReplyDeleteAND....Whatzitdo?!
ReplyDelete....in the absence of a female-female 1/8" connector jack.
DeleteI've seen crap like that on million $ yacht's navigation equipment.
ReplyDeleteOnly one problem I see, he soldered a stereo plug to a mono plug but yes it will make sounds.
ReplyDeleteKludging is the bastard stepchild of necessity.
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