Soldering smoke spreader

 

This is a project I made to help me with soldering. Because breathing smoke is not nice.

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This is the mechanism to set the direction. It can just be set up or down. 

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this is the circuit. It's very very simple. I only need 1 AA battery because it's designed to spread away the smoke. It doesn't need much power or speed.

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this is the screw mechanism. 

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KISS

Simple and effective.

I use an old processor fan powered by a 9V wall wart.

I’m kinda fond of solder smoke

I spent many years soldering in the service. I’m rather partial to the smell of burning flux :slight_smile:

yeah, i’m kinda not

yeah, i’m kinda not interested by the smell , but the smoke is really dangerous if inhaled, worst case scenario being paralysis and death:pokerface:

Well, too late now :wink:

After 10 years of soldering under a microscope, I think anything bad would have already struck. Nowadays, I only solder when I can’t  breadboard it.