What's your current headache?

Just destroyed a pcb by setting my solder station too hot :mad:
Just jumper pads you lifted, if that’s what mean by destroying. I needed to do that to my toob amp as 50 year old pcb traces were quite fragile when removing components with thick and bent leads. And for carbonized parts (ride the lighting baby) hobby knife is golden, just cut the burnt portion away if it’s just structurally possible. :D
 
What happened to the board? How hot we talkin?

I run at 750f (398c) which is on the higher end of what I see recommended, so I'm always curious about what could go wrong.
I ran it close to 450C by accident. Lifted too many pads.

Just jumper pads you lifted, if that’s what mean by destroying. I needed to do that to my toob amp as 50 year old pcb traces were quite fragile when removing components with thick and bent leads. And for carbonized parts (ride the lighting baby) hobby knife is golden, just cut the burnt portion away if it’s just structurally possible. :D

I could save it, have done it before, but it was a single sided board I etched at home, so it's better to save my time and just etch it again
 
My dad broke some of my sculpture stuff while helping me install my solo exhibition, and now IDK what to do. My phone fell from the third floor stairwell to the basement, so now it's completely and utterly fucked— leaking OLED liquid, touchscreen doesn't register in 90% of the screen, and the only way I can use it at all is to use siri to make calls... but I can't hang up bc that part of the screen is broken. My dog started throwing up a bunch last night and he's been shaking a lot since– parents are taking him to the Vet rn, but it has me scared shitless. It's been a week from hell, and somehow last night topped it all as the night from hell.
 
Current literal headache: feeling achy due to covid.

Just tested positive for the first time. I traveled across the country and back for a wedding last weekend. The groom informed me yesterday he tested positive, and I tested positive today. So the wedding was probably a superspreader event.

Also, transportation was an ordeal. Had delays both ways due to weather (arrived at 4am on the way out and missed a flight and had to stay overnight in chicago on the way back). Don't schedule your weddings in February folks.
 
Inducer motor on our boiler started making noise. Just found out it's $3k for a new motor. Boiler is 20 years old... do I fix it or replace the whole damn thing?
 
Furnace fan went out on our twenty-year-old system, put in a new furnace coil and heat pump running it Dual Fuel, I got it all on a closeout personal use deal from our distributor, and had one of our installers do the installation. A small headache, but now we have a far more efficient system.
 
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