Nah sometimes you just gotta send it or your project list will never shrink. A little character from some drip marks never hurt anyone.

Remember how frustrating it is when a joint just won't flow right? My buddy was assembling a tiny sensor board last month and kept getting those grainy, weak connections. He fought with it for hours, reworking the same spots. Turns out his iron was running almost 50 degrees cooler than the display said. Once he verified it with a meter and dialed it in, his next board went together perfectly in one go. He was so mad he didn't check it sooner, lol.

Receipts don't lie about prices going up.

Seriously, flexing the cable hard near the governor arm? That seems like a sure way to snap it if there's already hidden damage. I've seen cables look fine but fall apart with just a little pressure. Like, one time my buddy checked his visually, thought it was good, and then it failed at the worst moment. Feeling for gritty spots makes sense, but bending it hard sounds risky. You really have to be careful not to make things worse while checking.

Ugh, I reset mine at least twice a month.