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kehoe@netcom.com (Thomas David Kehoe) writes:

>Will I get lead poisoning from breathing the smoke
>from solder?  I work next to an open window, and leave
>the soldering iron on the window sill, but when I'm
>doing close soldering work, I can't avoid breathing
>the smoke form the solder.

     Try an exhaust fan.  Hakko, a soldering equipment company, makes their
model 493 fan for just this purpose.  It's basically a powerful muffin fan in a
frame with charcoal filters mounted on a desktop stand.  It's powerful enough
that used a foot behind the work being soldered, the fumes are sucked 
sideways into the filters.  You can watch this happen, as the smoke makes
a 90 degree turn.  I'm very happy with mine; I can't smell the
smoke at all when soldering with this gadget in action.  Fry's carries
these units.  Priced around $100, which is a bit much for a fan.

					John Nagle