BOLTR: Milwaukee Sodding Iron | I'm 2 for 2!

Letting the smoke out of new tools for science. fuck.
/ ave

[@necro_nemesis]

Must be over 50. Man opens packages like he's running out of time.

[@RevJR]

Nah, he just wants to get it open before the beer kicks in and he forgets what the knife is for.

[@nothanks3462]

Life is like a roll of toilet paper, the closer it gets to the end the faster it goes!

[@cumbob]

He actually looked young ish in that reflection

[@matman7546]

He is fairly young just judging by the age of his daughter I would think. I’d say mid - late thirties maybe? I know he’s a PhD and a P.eng in electrical engineering, so he can’t be toooo young

[@bradleymorgan8223]

No Thanks an interesting matter of geometry that..

[@zacharywelvaert2235]

It's almost as if they intended you to install the battery properwise.

[@kalenmiller5787]

I’m kind of confused. I thought in the end the mosfet was the problem. Why not replace it?

[@Hellsslave666]

Nopes, the thing that turns the mosfet on is dickered. He checked again and the mosfet was fine.

[@zacharywelvaert2235]

the FET is fine, its the microcontroller that triggers the FET that let the smoke out.

[@kennethhicks2113]

It most likely wasn't as it never got power. The confuser through whatever pixie gates wasn't giving it a control signal... that burnt smd resistor might not be a bleeder but part of an rc time for confuser. limited info though..

[@TheShivABC]

It's a pulldown resistor and I believe it to be the problem as well, even though it still works its lost quite a bit of its working material so can no longer handle the current needed, the bleed resistor for the cap is actually on the underside of the board

[@marhar2]

Maybe the new generation of tools will all be better built, when the design team meetings have people saying "dude you know AvE is gonna be tearing this thing apart, right?"

[@baron8107]

Mark Harrison Sycophants, yeah?

[@kalelty3536]

instablaster.

[@dwarftoad]

If only you had a soldering iron, you could replace the mosfet.

[@cumbob]

I thought he was gonna

[@Sadik15B]

Reed Hedges mosfet was fine the gate is not driven probably the main controller dead or partially dead

[@debug9424]

The resistor was a pulldown resistor, and is probably the problem

[@danielnapast4955]

Yeah just like scissors packaged in that terrible plastic stuff that takes scissors to open up

[@jannisopel]

Just like you mill the parts to build a lathe.

[@factsdontcareaboutyourfeel7568]

Well that's what happens when you accidentally set your voltage to metric.

[@timdouglass9831]

I have to admit that I'm actually more impressed by the number of things you get apart and back together that still work than I am depressed by a few failures. I know that I'd kill about 90% of the stuff you work on!

[@danfelack3351]

Drop her off at the service center 5 year warranty, “don’t know what happened.”

[@Paremo_]

Opens it up, revealing the bypassed mosfet. "No idea, huh?"

[@whataboutbob9786]

Paremo 100 doll hairs. They'd just toss it in the junk pile, and hand over a new one.

[@stevetoward142]

You would think Milwaukee would see this and send him like 6 more. They have to know who he is by now.

[@quaphan3334]

Steve Toward ...its like...heres a new one!!! And stop calling us milfucky!!

[@haggis240]

Qua Phan and then he will go millfuku i do what i want

[@JimMacko8]

I'm pretty sure I learnt more from Ave killing it than I would have from it going back together like God intended. Also it's always good to see the other guy make the mistake so you don't have to. For me this is a great video.

[@L4Z3R37H]

That Bleed down resistor you initially found next to the cap. It is in fact what shit the bed. I called for a review of the tape, and after reviewing the ref's initial call, the penalty has been declined. Replace the resistor, still first down and 10.

[@stevehorton2003]

Sorry to say, AvE's social experiment in electron de-segregation does not end well.

[@GruntW0rk]

I feel like there is a Right Power joke in there somewhere

[@Trapperx89]

Send her off to JonnyQ90. Get her Nitro Powered aswell.

[@shurdi3]

We all have a story where we went inside, and ended up with regretting every moment

[@CSkwirl]

Sodding soldering iron is right Soddered now!

[@herringsweden]

Sodding iron, sodomizing iron, what’s the difference l?

[@gyyv]

Been a Hakko distributer for over 20 years. From Hakko training session I attended: It's Hakko like taco. Swear to god, that is what they told us.

[@dancronin22]

@@MrCarGuy You are correct. That's spelled "ha chisai-chooch ko" in beeragana.

[@theplasticgorilla]

This channel is very informative. I honestly feel as though if you watched it enough, you to could learn to cuss proper.

[@texasdeeslinglead2401]

theplasticgorilla my wife even says "chooching" now, and knows all about "letting the smoke out". She actually enjoys his videos.

[@mackado]

Thank you for posting your fuckups as well as everything else. There's nothing more emasculating than putting upon yourself to fix something only to find you screwed the pooch or you're in over your head. Thing is, everyone does it. But when it happens once or twice, especially, say, twice in a row, a guy might learn to throw in the towel. Maybe next time we sit out the whole game for fear of failure. Fuck that. The only people who fail are the ones who try and you have to take the good with the bad. Watching someone like Clickspring, who btw I love, a mere mortal might think "I'll never be that guy." But I guarantee theres no magic potion in the Aussie water, there's just years of experience including failure after failure, including, I'm sure, on current projects where the footage just goes in the trash. You, This Old Tony, and Peter Brown do more for younguns showing your failures than the meticulously produced perfection elsewheres.

[@NGC1433]

Matt Machado Alec Steele! Please put Alec in that list. He is a pure inspiration. And a veteran of all that, despite he is just 19yo.

[@natereniger8773]

god dammit the ONE TIME i really wanted to see how good it was do more soldering stuff please?

[@kylelikeskjvbible]

You should be careful with taking the Lord's name in vain my friend. Cheers

[@alchemisthere]

Two uploads, same minute? Gotta watch em at the same time.

[@szymon889]

This is serious magic there, I have no idea what's being told for like 85% of the videjo but yet I'm enjoying it. MAGIC!

[@doose911]

From review, to repair! I love this channel!!

[@TheCalgarydoug]

I've had several soldering irons/guns in my 74 years but the best one is still the big old iron I inherited from my grandfather. Still in the box it came in with a price tag stating it cost about tree fiddy.

[@Nickscrazylips]

I rock one of these. Little bit cool for my taste and I wish they made a bigger one that takes drill bats (monster electric iron that stood up like a drill with a trigger would be awesome). I have it on a bench at work, took over the old frame irons job. No more 15 foot iron cables. I have a belt with a hammer hook that holds it. Keeps the hot end off my jeans. Solid tool. I never thought I could crank it to 11 thanks AvE.

[@hughjanus3235]

You sir, are one hellishly funny geezer. LMAO all the way through these videos.

[@startazz]

Priceless,you can almost guarantee AvE will make you laugh or at the very least make you smile.

[@Edition89]

I'm really glad you posted this. You could have scrapped the video and no one would have been the wiser. Instead you opted to show people you're not a lizard and you can/do make mistakes.

[@HandcuffCharlie]

are lizards perfect?

[@matthighlifeful]

The lizard can't regulate it's temperature on its own

[@coliimusic]

@@matthighlifeful The only tell you that, you gotta look into it man, it's some grade 999 100% classified information

[@LMO169]

Have this finger burner since a week and at the first go the metal tube on the top melted out of the plastic nut. Sent it to the mother ship and got a new one in the mail today, which I tested out right away and what can I say. This thing is awesome. If you need a battery powered soldering iron and you are too lazy or dumb to build one on your own, either this one or the one from Ryobi which the folks from MCM got

[@Henchman_Holding_Wrench]

When you hit the wrong hole and you can't find the right combination of words to salvage the situation. _womp womp_

[@loosecannon6852]

I love this thing. I use the 3.0 battery and it lasts plenty long for my model train/track soldering. It also can use Haako tips. The freedom to move around with no cord is great as the cord would catch on all the small details. I've used it for a year with no problems.

[@simonrawle7885]

stop the cheese joke i cam em bear it

[@_Ramen-Vac_]

#1 Python skit.

[@halnywiatr]

Usually I don't give Edam but it was a Gouda one.

[@loddude5706]

Tread Caerphilly my friend . . .

[@roncheaters]

Its all Emmental in des bris

[@Ottee2]

Oka, boys, time to watch that Asiago.

[@jimsjacob]

Hark! In the far distance.... LMAO

[@aquacruisedb]

I'm using this video as a tutorial guide on how to make the best sodding iron ever...well over a 1000 degs Frankenstein and counting, that's amazing AvE, I need me a sodding iron like that!!

[@richardfay8298]

I have a 12 watt soldering iron that was about $10, it has lasted about 40 years now, for small electronics it's great. I was once a solderability engineering tech in a high reliability electronics factory (1970s). We made parts for the Voyager and the Viking at Dale Electronics, the Isralies bought the factory and moved it to Israel.

[@davidcoghill8612]

Fun fact: "AVE" stands for "advanced vernacular engineering."

[@TheJeremy5599]

i was told its "Arduino vs Evil"

[@8ftbed]

David C Anachronistic Verbiage Exercise

[@jamesfair9751]

It is Arduino vs Evil

[@thunderace7493]

I thought it was Ability versus Enthusiasm

[@theahmadperson]

8:36 magic smoke!

[@Tetzuoe]

You gotta get the high voltage multimeter probe hats. I use them on stream all the time for the really super small stuff. They draw blood, give you a huge standoff distance, are super thin, and get right the hell through conformal coating soldermask and basic solder oxygenation.

[@zekeyo37]

Congrats on 800k subscribers!

[@anxiousmerchant4129]

TS100 with battery adapter, custom firmware with Voltage cutoff. Cheaper, not as bulky, great range of tips and adjustable temperature. Or just the butane ones, can recommend the ersa ...

[@SianaGearz]

TS100 is just a compacted and flanged T12. You can get a lot of soldering for little money these days if you're willing to do some leg work.

[@johnpossum556]

@Kaiser Wilhem II: Value? It's a *one temp* iron that's bulky as all get out. Where is the value in that??? You want value you can find loads of ones similar to these in garage sales in old guys tools. Some of the irons are so powerful you can use them to sweat copper pipes! (BTW if you do go looking often you won't recognize them as an iron because they need a handle which is usually made of wood and often missing. Often fabric cloth over the wire. And no parts to blow! Just a heating element and a mains wire.)

[@johnpossum556]

ha! N00b! I have a soldering iron with a steel brad held in as its tip and it solders just as well as my other irons. Technique is everything. Tandy even had a match solder product btw.

[@anxiousmerchant4129]

woo the video got listed update on my comment: i do all my mobil soldering with a Butan iron 75w to be exact, so i know exactly where the shortcomings are. They get way to hot, you can solder a 0.5² wire, but flux will vaporize immediately and insulation will melt while 50w is enough for 2.5² an who solders bigger than that anyway its not i consider the ts100 a good iron, i find the ergonomics weird but In comparison to the abortion from the video....

[@AdrianSchwartzmann]

I would also like to see him review there other product the ES120 motion controlled screw driver.

[@davidmaclean3984]

I use mine daily for a year now amazing tool

[@whitechris720]

I feel like I know what I am doing till I watch this guy. Soo much knowledge.

[@ehrichweiss]

I used one of those butane soldering irons to solder some nicked wires that went to my fuel pump on my van, and as luck would have it the nick was right next to the pump. I couldn't get a regular soldering iron to handle the job for some odd reason(maybe it was too cold outside? I don't remember) so I put a box fan on high right next to me to keep the fumes away and everything worked great. They're awesome for some jobs and sure as hell beat out any soldering iron/gun you get from Hallowed Fright. I might look into one of these Milwaukee's though. We work in HVAC and quite often have to solder terminals on control boards and the like, and it's much easier to have a portable soldering iron that doesn't require 110V. The butane usually works for us but we don't like using flame around natural gas if we can avoid it.

[@iker42]

This video would be better titled "AvE fucks things up the same way I do: Part 1"

[@loddude5706]

Ah, deepest Canuckistan, a land where the strangely silent 'L' in 'solder', can so swiftly become the silent 'F' in bucket.

[@verigone2677]

Sir, the B is silent, and the F is invisible like a ninja

[@AnthonyBowman]

I hope you do another run of the rulin' sticks! Love the videos!

[@jodsmods6908]

I have learnt so much stuff from this channel. Thanks

[@bluenadas]

The voltage on the gate doesn't need to be negative. Just more negative than the positive rail to over come bias. Given the switch wasn't on, I'd bet you smoked something in the brain box.

[@bluenadas]

Looking at the data sheet, Vgs is -1 to -3V. That means if the gate goes 1-3 volts lower than the source, it'll chooch. Not

[@473mec]

It looks to be a very handy item to have in the toolbox. I'm fond of the butane powered units because the exhaust port works well on heat shrink tubing. However, butane is not allowed in checked or carry on baggage, so a battery powered iron might be a better all around choice. This video makes me wonder why you don't fully test the products before disassembly?

[@kevinpettigrew8365]

You can see the magic smoke at 8:37. The view is obstructed by the ribbon cable for the batt. indicator, but it looks like it is the resistor next to the electrolytic cap shown around 10:00 min.

[@tonyandrys8872]

Glad I saw this. I was on the fence on whether to pick one up or not. I hate battling the butane ones, most especially since I hardly used to be honest.

[@ToTheTopCrane]

Send it in for warranty repair and see what response you get. I wonder if they would even disassemble it, or just hand you a new one?

[@guser436]

TWO uploads? Didn't realise it's my birthday!

[@korn38ktm]

You scorched your eye loom buddy, now you will remember this tool forever

[@ExarduffmanTheFirst]

There should be an international AVE quality standard of excellence for tools and equipment.

[@CallenMagnuson]

I'd be curious to see how skookum you think the TS100 Soldering iron is, as well as the ES121 Electric screwdriver. I run my TS100 off 18V tool batteries and it's great for on-site repairs. I just picked up the ES121 and I'm pretty happy with it.

[@samiant5199]

can't wait to get a electronic driver. love my ts100 use it all day

[@neilhuband995]

Skip to 8:38 for the magic smoke

[@EscapeMCP]

Too late... you wanna be more premature. 8:36 should do it. 2 seconds is like... double. C'mon, you ain't getting paid by the second, so drop it whilst it's hot and leave.

[@charredskeleton]

neil h blasphemy! Get out of my house of worship!

[@badbatch974]

It’s clearly coming from the resistor on the capacitor that he firs suspected.

[@EeekiE]

It happened again at 12:43

[@n0buddy0]

AvE, you are awesome! Keep those videos choochin'! (So, it's a 1/4 turn counterclockwise to make the temperature of this iron usable while still not melting the plastic on it?)

[@scottfirman]

Soddering iron, thats how we always prononuced it. I used to get sick from the smell, I suspect it was the toxic shmooze my dad used. I use mine often and no problemo. Back in the 60's and 70's, who knows what they put in their solder, or sodder or whatever....Just...yeah. Nice tear down. I have a cordless I keep in my RC plane repair bag. It works great. Got it from Radio Shack before they went belly up. Nice to see the inner bits without gutting my own out. I agree with you concerning the flame thrower type. Back when I repaired Snowmobiles, a flame of any kind was welcome on frozen fingers when working on electricals on sleds. You now have a parts and pieces is parts thingy. Oops ,running the pixys backwards is bad, they run amuck and destroy shit. I am suprised they didnt put a fuse in there. But then again, who puts the battery in bass ackwards? Oh, you did. Lol. Shit happends. Then you have parts is pieces of parts.

[@MrLordBaer]

The "Prime Directive'

[@Pottalowski]

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it! Unless it's on this channel, then we fix it 'til it is!"

[@nissan300zxmike]

Star Trek reference :)

[@MrLordBaer]

AVEs 'Prime Directive' "If it isn't broke, don't try and fix it" Although I will omit I have broken the 'Prime Directive' more times then Captain Kirk .

[@woochmeister]

If she can't find you handsome, may as well be handy?

[@andyreid7274]

@@woochmeister if she dont find ya handsome, at least try to get a handy.

[@havocnme8977]

AvE you are the Mike Rowe of youtube. You make your videos interesting, fun, humorous and informative. If there were awards on KZbin, you deserve all of them, mostly Channel of the Year and Host of the Year!! Keep up the great work. Also we need a KYDIAV tshirts.

[@tolga1cool]

Two uploads at the same time? I don't even know which one to watch!

[@jamespfp]

9:45 -- Focus issues aside, this works great! Now you've gone and made me curious about adding lenses to existing cameras, again.

[@jameshall4385]

Ghostbusters taught me one thing, it's don't cross the streams

[@briangarrow448]

James Hall That rule also applies for old school stadium urinals of the trough variety. That behavior is only acceptable is the participants are under age 6.

[@saltycadet5904]

DOUBLE UPLOAD BY AvE???? IS THIS CHRISTMAS!?!? (edit: I just noticed that some of these comments are from a week ago, why did this only send the notification 7 minutes ago, hmm)

[@camtheham13]

Salty Cadet posted to patreon a week early

[@zacharywelvaert2235]

Early release for patreon

[@horacegentleman3296]

You aren't part of uncle bumblefuck's club.

[@pendulousphallus]

Only club I'm interested in getting into that costs you money has dancing ladies.

[@llldodgelll]

Patreon club gets early viewing. It's fair.

[@stoneyswolf]

Sometimes reverse polarity works in your favor. My dad got a vw beetle cheap back in the 80s because the owner couldn't get it to start. Turns out the battery was connected backwards. About 5 minutes of swapping the termanals around and it fired right up.

[@TheBlackstarrt]

You knew that you could, but never thought if you should... Another tool in the can. That was awesome by the way.

[@richhunter515]

*groan groan groan groan groan* TIME

[@Cerv3ra]

TS 100 iron next. Louis rossman aproves!

[@JlerchTampa]

Louis, Marco, any many others. I picked one up and it is a skookum choocher out of the box!

[@broskiezISMYGAMERTAG]

wow that was an abysmal unboxing time. I really expect more from you AvE.

[@contentment164]

Hi there! Love your content. We are pleased to tell you we are your latest subs. You are too funny!

[@SrulDog]

Mini chainsaw would have given you a faster time on that packaging! Edit:. Woops, just saw the other video. That explains it.

[@mavos1211]

That fart was impressively tight AvE you must work out 🏋️‍♀️

[@SoylentSax]

Thank man. I needed that after a server farm let the smoke out on Saturday. Own your mistakes and move on.

[@johnfrancisdoe1563]

SoylentSax Ouch!

[@texasdeeslinglead2401]

SoylentSax ewe, you win. How much you bleeding out of the account , on that mess?

[@silvenshadow]

Skookum as frig until you connect it sidewardwise. A privilege to watch you work sir.

[@Northstar4653]

At birth in China your given a Wok, Soldering iron , and calculus book.

[@Northstar4653]

Too funny.

[@JC-fj7oo]

Too bad they are made in China.

[@AlexTaradov]

There is smoke escaping at 8:38 :)

[@usethenoodle]

Oh well, Son of a diddly... lesson learned. Thanks man. Great video- I'm still laughing!!!!!

[@WigWagWorkshop]

Always cool, when I learn something new.

[@animefreak5757]

that style of tip (without the heater element built into the tip itself) really doesn't maintain temperature well. for the price of the milfukee i'd just go for a TS100 and a small battery pack.

[@DoRC]

You really can't accurately measure a iron with a standard thermocouple. The readings will be all over the place.

[@nicholashacking381]

After reading the comments I looked at the frames around 8:38 and I'd agree, there's a wisp of smoke from the switch-end of the board that starts at 8:37. Perhaps it can be saved? It was bad enough to learn that the nano-chainsaw bit the dust: don't turn into a serial killer.

[@JamesMiller-sx3qc]

Chris, please do a shop tour, I've been waiting for one for years

[@bobbyw9046]

It would make a while shit load of sense to do the testing of a tool PRIOR to disassembly - NO??

[@bobbyw9046]

NOPE! Been a faithful viewer and subscriber for a LOOOONNNGGG time - BUT have mentioned this many times. Love the vid's but I QUESTION just how authentic the actual performance tests are after a 3-Beer reassembly - LOL! I realize this is the channel's MO, but IMHO the testing SHOULD be done FIRST. STill, enjoy the vid's!!

[@joshg3848]

If you ain’t first, you’re last.

[@anotherrandomtexan25]

Josh G hell ricky I was high when I said that!

[@anotherrandomtexan25]

Icy Uranus yeah... kinda creepy ain't it?

[@joeblalack4830]

anotherrandomtexan25 Slingshot engaged

[@denniscouturier378]

I'm super impressed how adept you are using just one hand...

[@PapaWheelie1]

Would turning the tip temperature pot to read colder than it is cause the brain to think it was too cold ambient and not fire to protect the battery? The first time you adjusted it, the tip was hot. The second time, cold and it threw an error. Just a guess

[@mikeoliver3254]

Why not order the fet and fix her right and proper?

[@bar10005]

He said that the MOSFET doesn't get gate signal so replacing it wouldn't do anything, also the transistor shouldn't blown - as AvE said it was behind a switch.

[@GlennHamblin]

Mike oliver The FET is not bad. The uC pin controlling the FET is bad.

[@GlennHamblin]

Icy Uranus LOL

[@justinkashtock333]

He was right when he suspected that resistor that he was scoping through his pecker detector - rewinding the video you can see that's there the smoke was pouring out of. Usually when you overload one of those electrolytic capacitors, they blow apart, so that likely wasn't it, and the only other thing there was that resistor. It almost looks like he induced silver sulfide formation what with the little bubbles, but that could just be melted conformal coating - they look darn near identical in practice, but generally the silver sulfide forms at the contacts, but depending on the resistive element used and if he melted the protective layer off, it's possible that Ag2S formed on somewhere other than the contacts. Suffice it to say if I were he, I'd replace that resistor for the $0.17 it will cost and check the chooch afterwards.

[@mintonbrunkhorst7070]

The mosfet is not the problem, most likely burned the logic right out of the ic

[@droptopsalvador1864]

I clicked on this video faster than id unload in the mrs.

[@martinda7446]

More tea vicar?

[@94Gidge]

Martin D A one lump or 2

[@NGC1433]

impossible!

[@martinda7446]

Yes I can't seem to manage in your missus either.

[@prestonmfwalker]

Who's Mr. S?

[@jefflarson4117]

I have the Milwaukee soldering iron and almost always drag out and extention cord but there has been times that it was impossible or really inconvenient and the Milwaukee came in clutch.

[@n2o_spark]

After using one I'd say don't bother if you are doing anything with medium to large wires. I was trying to solder together 3 2.5mm wires and it took a long time to get the wires hot enough for the solder to flow properly. Also, where the tip threads onto the base got really hot and started to melt.... This wasn't even long enough to deplete a 2ah battery to halfway.

[@jetarc3910]

Soldering iron*

[@GeneralSeptem]

Your phone makes the reds more vibrant, I like that.

[@briceviolette8415]

love your videos but just wondering i try to set up my own shop (im 20 ) and i'm just wondering what tool/machines you have that you use the most, and how do you organize everything.

[@Scrogan]

The P-channel FET was being driven as a high-side switch, so its gate doesn’t need a negative voltage, just to be driven a few volts less than 12V.

[@Crash5291]

Nifty, hate it when the smoke escapes. What tip style is that one using? Kinda looks like the FX-888D T-18 type.

[@Edition89]

Two uploads? This my day or rucky!

[@kpfalconi]

You are a national treasure in multiple nations and for sure someone I would want on my team should the “zombie apocalypse” take hold. Thanks for the videos, information and laughs.

[@darrinscoilsclouds1498]

This is one of my favorite videos of yours. Great commentary and you fucked it

[@DrumGod22]

You sir, are awesome. Keep tearing shit apart!

[@aceof8S]

19:03 - Wise words of wisdom! And famous last words!

[@rojasbdm]

Nice footage from the phone! No focus issues and acceptable sound.

[@burger]

Your workbench looks as clean as mine :).