actually the eraser gets hard and cold as a rock (turns to like cold cement) I would care to wager that it does help cool the board itself.

It grabs cold very well, I scaled back my around the socket erasure and I"m not getting as much condensation creeping out from the middle, whereas the entire pcb around the socket would freeze up. Also getting longer bench sessions in.

Now I paint vasoline in places I usually put eraser.

ALmost forgot, I picked up a nice saline syringe from the ER this week, perfect for dispensing vasoline in small places BIG finger won't fit ;) that and I took a stack of super absorbant towel.

Holy crap I was just looking for the LN2 place nearby, and found a welding supply shop even closer

$5 a liter!!!


Rubber eraser I might not be able to get today... vaseline is looking possible though.


UGH not looking good :(

damn, I can take a pic of my invoice if you want a bargaining chip that's absurd

Just called a place about 40 miles away thinking it would be worth spending the gas money..

They want $8.40 a liter!!

I am going to keep looking, but I think I might be selling my Dewar soon :(

Waiting on a call back (tomorrow) from the welding supply place I contacted earlier today. Going to see if I can find out why he is charging so much.

He did not say $5 a liter he said $180 (something) to fill it..

Also when I called another place a bit farther away, who did not carry LN2 anymore... and I told him about $5 a liter he said "Holy Crap, I could see maybe charging a couple bucks..."

If not I will be trying to get some DIce for this weekend (assuming that my BE chip is scheduled for delivery tomorrow :))

maybe you can try talking to the dealer directly instead of going through the welding supply shop

and if they have there own truck maybe they could stop by

airgas or praxair? Yeah I could try that. Dont think they want to stop at a residence for a measly 35L though

I did ask in my email about maybe renting a 180L though.. if it brings the price down enough since it is a large quantity. It is something I would consider. Just means I have to do a LOT of benching is all :)