Soldering Iron Recommendations?
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From: Leon on 17 Feb 2010 20:10 On 17 Feb, 15:58, John Larkin <jjlar...(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: > On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:48:12 -0000, "ian field" > > > > <gangprobing.al...(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: > > >"Jim Thompson" <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...(a)My-Web-Site.com> wrote in > >messagenews:867mn5dvefiov77c2rti5ka57pppi1igc5(a)4ax.com... > >>I have an absolutely ancient Weller WTCPN soldering station that is > >> disintegrating... it's probably at least 33 years old. > > >> I don't have any need for surface mount sophistication. > > >> What are people's thoughts on a cheapy replacement such as... > > >Since Weller became Cooper Tools, the bean counters took over the asylum - > >they cut corners on manufacturing and reliability went down the gurgler. > > >When my last Weller fell to bits I bought an Antex 25W iron as a stop gap, > >and have been using Antex ever since. > > >I did treat myself to a 50W Antex TC iron but TBH I don't see much advantage > >over the standard X25. > > The Metcals are the best irons. The SP200 system is about $290. They > warm up in seconds and have impressive heat control. > > John I use a second-hand Metcal STSS power unit with a new MX-500 handpiece and cartridges. It cost me £125, including six cartridges. Leon
From: Paul Hovnanian P.E. on 17 Feb 2010 19:47 Oppie wrote: > > "Paul Hovnanian P.E." <Paul(a)Hovnanian.com> wrote in message > news:4B7B4399.FB3E97AE(a)Hovnanian.com... > > > > I was just trying to solve the Zen puzzle of how one would fix a > > soldering station with itself. > > > > Sort of like when your reading glasses break, how can you see to fix them... If the first attempt at making a drawing board had been a failure, what would they go back to? -- Paul Hovnanian mailto:Paul(a)Hovnanian.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ "A doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only advise his client to plant vines." -- Frank Lloyd Wright
From: JosephKK on 17 Feb 2010 23:26 On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:01:25 -0800 (PST), Rich Grise on Google groups <richardgrise(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >On Feb 16, 5:17 pm, "Paul Hovnanian P.E." <P...(a)Hovnanian.com> wrote: >> Jim Thompson wrote: >> > >Tim Wescott wrote: >> > >> On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:34:41 -0700, Jim Thompson wrote: >> >> > >> > I have an absolutely ancient Weller WTCPN soldering station that is >> > >> > disintegrating... it's probably at least 33 years old. >> ... >> > >> Fix it! That's what I did when mine fell apart, and I couldn't be >> > >> happier. >> >> I was just trying to solve the Zen puzzle of how one would fix a >> soldering station with itself. > >That's nothing - try using a broken oscilloscope to fix itself! You >could solder with a >zippo lighter and a nail, after all. ;-) > >Cheers! >Rich You can, but i have proper butane powered soldering tools already.
From: Michael Shell on 18 Feb 2010 05:40 On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:22:19 -0800 (PST) "miso(a)sushi.com" <miso(a)sushi.com> wrote: > Key question is where is the soldering iron made. If it is sourced > from China, run. I believe that Xytronics is a based in Taiwan, not mainland China. At any rate, sadly it seems that even Weller is making things in Mexico these days. So far it is holding up well. Time will tell. On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:01:25 -0800 (PST) Rich Grise on Google groups <richardgrise(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > That's nothing - try using a broken oscilloscope to fix itself! You > could solder with a zippo lighter and a nail, after all. ;-) I once needed to resolder a single wire to the cassette player motor in a friend's car. It was incredulous to me to find out that, despite his having an EE degree, he did not, at that time, own a soldering iron. So, I used a couple alligator clip test leads, a steel nail, and the car's 12V battery to "point-resolder" the wire. The stereo was of course disconnected and insulated from the car chassis before attempting this. It worked like a charm and it's still working last I heard. LOL. Mike Shell
From: ian field on 18 Feb 2010 10:13
"Spehro Pefhany" <speffSNIP(a)interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote in message news:2aeon55de02mb5jacdhfmc4rl2viukdkje(a)4ax.com... > On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:34:33 +0530, "pimpom" <pimpom(a)invalid.invalid> > wrote: > >>Oppie wrote: >>> "Paul Hovnanian P.E." <Paul(a)Hovnanian.com> wrote in message >>> news:4B7B4399.FB3E97AE(a)Hovnanian.com... >>>> >>>> I was just trying to solve the Zen puzzle of how one would fix >>>> a >>>> soldering station with itself. >>>> >>> >>> Sort of like when your reading glasses break, how can you see >>> to fix >>> them... >>Some people have backup glasses (I do). > > Those of us who are myopic just get closer (though there are limits, > especially when cutting, grinding, soldering etc.) > >> Some people have backup >>soldering irons (I have a $3 non-temperature controlled piece >>that I'm quite skilled with). > > I could even dig up an old, essentially unused, Weller soldering gun > if I had to. Or a fairly decent butane powered soldering iron. > > Years ago I bought a cheap soldering gun (god only knows why!), a few weeks later someone donated a nearly new genuine Weller - I can't recall ever having used either! |