"Jim Wilkins" fired this volley in news:ll8v9r$vb3
:

They look like you don't want to mess with them either.

I dunno. I'm 'bout half-blind now, but if I have a good light, a clamp-
stand, and a magnifier, I can still reliably solder on the first try to
0.050-centers connectors, and with some re-do's on 0.025 centers.

I think it's more about having the correct iron, the right gauge of
solder, and good setup/holding equipment than it has to do with age or
physical ability. I'm quite a bit more shakey than I was in my youth,
but bracing my wrist or arm against the bench or a rest solves a lot of
that.

Yesterday I 'pigtailed' four 0.050"c/c SOT Hall Effect sensors for a
position-sensing bar (the sensors are designed to be I/R flow-soldered to
a board, but I needed leads on them), and got all four nailed on the
first pass.

LLoyd