Electronics workbench talk (was "Hakko 888D")

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harveybirdman:
Couple of new arrivals or soon to be arrivals.

If I had it to do over again I would have bought the knock off Hot Air/Soldering Station Combo instead of buying them independently.... But I'm super stoked about the Panavise, can't wait to do some work on my Fighting Hawk.

lilshawn:
Don't turn it on, take it apart... and make sure it's not messed up inside.

harveybirdman:

--- Quote from: lilshawn on April 05, 2016, 05:04:33 pm ---Don't turn it on, take it apart... and make sure it's not messed up inside.

--- End quote ---

:cheers: thanks man I'll give it a look.

ChadTower:

Just catching up on some threads I haven't seen before.

I have two workbenches. One is in the basement next to my gameroom and is basically a dumping station for random objects. I haven't seen the table surface in a year and you cannot walk past it. It is the bench Howard described earlier in the thread.

I also have a shed out back that I do work in and this is the workbench there. I make a real effort to keep that one neat or else I cannot do any work at all. My equipment is pretty basic as you can see. An analog Weller station, a soldapult, and there's a fairly big Panavise holding station under the bench that I rarely take out. I find with those basic tools I can do pretty much anything I need short of real mini stuff or small surface mount.

lilshawn:
I use the Weller WES51 at home too. got it for free. so :cheers:

Been thinking about getting one of those rework stations from china for the increased amount of SMD stuff i've been having to fix in the last few years.

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/311511049853?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

not so much for the soldering iron... (basically a hakko ripooff) but mainly for the hot air. pretty hard to screw up hot air i think. and having an adjustable power supply on the bench for quick testing would be handy. I'd of course actually check the power supply and see if it's accurate and safe. But for 175 shipped, it's probably worth it just to try it out.

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