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From: John Larkin on 26 Jan 2010 01:29
On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:13:22 -0800, David Harmon <source(a)netcom.com>
wrote:

>On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:28:20 -0800 in sci.electronics.design, John
>Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote,
>>The SP200 series doesn't include fork tips for desoldering
>>surface-mount stuff, so I figure I can buy some wide chisel tips and
>>dremel them into forks.
>
>I assume the tips are plated. If you dremel them, the areas without
>plating would deteriorate rapidly.

That's OK, I wouldn't use a desoldering tip often. But Metcal does
recommend sanding them down to bare iron and retinning as a way of
reconditioning tips.

John

From: Joe Chisolm on 26 Jan 2010 01:45
MooseFET wrote:
> On Jan 25, 5:27 pm, John Larkin
> <jjlar...(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:
>> Not is the web site silly fluff, the "contact" email address bounces.
>>
>> I want to buy some tips for my SP200 soldering station, and they offer
>> me not a clue.
>>
>> John
>
> Try looking on Digikey's web site. They sell the tips.
>
> http://www.okinternational.com/binary/catalogs/Metcal%20Catalogue%202006.pdf
>
> Gets you that catologue

Try HMC Electronics:

http://www.hmcelectronics.com/cgi-bin/scripts/query.cgi?query=sp200-11

I've ordered tips for my MX-500P from them a couple of years ago. I
recently ordered tips directly from OK International. Got them in
a couple of days. I did not see any SP tips in their web
store. You can check the OK web store at: http://www.oki-usa.com/
From: Robert Baer on 26 Jan 2010 04:57
Joe Chisolm wrote:
> MooseFET wrote:
>> On Jan 25, 5:27 pm, John Larkin
>> <jjlar...(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:
>>> Not is the web site silly fluff, the "contact" email address bounces.
>>>
>>> I want to buy some tips for my SP200 soldering station, and they offer
>>> me not a clue.
>>>
>>> John
>>
>> Try looking on Digikey's web site. They sell the tips.
>>
>> http://www.okinternational.com/binary/catalogs/Metcal%20Catalogue%202006.pdf
>>
>>
>> Gets you that catologue
>
> Try HMC Electronics:
>
> http://www.hmcelectronics.com/cgi-bin/scripts/query.cgi?query=sp200-11
>
> I've ordered tips for my MX-500P from them a couple of years ago. I
> recently ordered tips directly from OK International. Got them in
> a couple of days. I did not see any SP tips in their web
> store. You can check the OK web store at: http://www.oki-usa.com/
Try http://www.okinternational.com/product_soldering/ps_900 which
shows a whole raft of tips.
From: Archimedes' Lever on 26 Jan 2010 07:14
On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:27:04 -0800, John Larkin
<jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:

>
>
>Not is the web site silly fluff, the "contact" email address bounces.
>
>I want to buy some tips for my SP200 soldering station, and they offer
>me not a clue.
>
>John


You are pretty silly, john.

You do not call philips when you want HV capacitors. You call a
distributor.

Try the part mags/sites you get some of your parts through, or simply
ask one of those suppliers that you use.

They are about $40 each. Cheaper if you buy like a ten pack or such. I
am sure that certain supplier partners have better prices. They could be
as cheap as $15 each nowadays. I do not know. The specialized ones do
get expensive.

AFAIK one does not buy directly from the manufacturer.

Think "Newark" or "OK industries", "Digi-Key", etc.

The other hint is to select "Where to buy" on the google search result
that I saw, which was listing the metcal links. That gave me a region
page, which led directly to the distributor list.
From: Jan Panteltje on 26 Jan 2010 08:43
On a sunny day (Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:28:20 -0800) it happened John Larkin
<jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in
<imksl5l57qq70plt6h662p86kf5e2udlbl(a)4ax.com>:

>The SP200 series doesn't include fork tips for desoldering
>surface-mount stuff, so I figure I can buy some wide chisel tips and
>dremel them into forks.
>
>John

That destroys the plating no?
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