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Daily Discussion Thread - Wed May 01 2024 (aussie.zone)

submitted 6 months ago by brisbot@aussie.zone to c/brisbane@aussie.zone

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[–] coaxil@aussie.zone 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Oh man, my soldering iron died, and I need another soldering iron to repair, dug out my cheap kicker iron, guess what? Also non functional, another trip to jaycar! 2 times in a week and had not been into one for years and years before this week.

[–] trk@aussie.zone 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Jaycar is such a disappointing place now. Just gadgets for the most part, and a tiny selection of electronics parts that are almost always the crappiest and cheapest versions possible.

I buy most stuff I need from RS, Mouser, Element14, and DigiKey now.

[–] coaxil@aussie.zone 3 points 6 months ago

Yeah it really is kinda sad compared to how it used to be, while I was getting my emergency iron, I got a plug and socket terminal block screw header thing, even though got some coming.... Thing was not good let's put it that way :(