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| ChadTower:
DANGER DANGER DANGER WILL ROBINSON DANGER LEARN TO SOLDER WILL ROBINSON |
| daywane:
I use a 15w pencil iron and a 25w pencil iron I found out I used to thick of solder before. The first PS1, I moded came with a kit. A few strips of VERY fine solder ( not much thicker than a piece of hair) and a 15w pencil iron I took the solder to radio shack and stucked up on it tinning a tip is my hardest thing to do. (just have not got the hang of it yet) soo... I keep a stack of tips handy :lame: I really do. i have 3, 15w tips and 4, 25w tips new in package right here in front of me |
| Level42:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on August 24, 2006, 04:06:15 pm --- DANGER DANGER DANGER WILL ROBINSON DANGER LEARN TO SOLDER WILL ROBINSON --- End quote --- Black & Decker soldering irons ?? Now I've seen everything.... However, this is NOT a soldering station. This is simply a soldering iron with a stand. Nothing wrong with that, but don't be conceived. The best of the best in soldering is Weller. Expensive but they last a lifetime. I've personaly got a very simple station with a fixed temperature (controlled by a ferro magnet in the iron) and it works great. I guess the current version of that station is this: http://www.cooperhandtools.com/brands/CF_Files/model_detail.cfm?upc=037103001146 Mine is over 20 years old. I also use their Pyropen WST2 gas iron profesionaly in the field. http://www.cooperhandtools.com/brands/weller/index.cfm |
| MaximRecoil:
--- Quote ---The best of the best in soldering is Weller. --- End quote --- I'll take a Metcal MX-500 over any Weller any day of the week. Weller handpieces feel like a 2x4 compared to the Metcal handpiece. Our Wellers used to sit in boxes collecting dust while everyone used the Metcals. Wellers are high quality to be sure, they just don't have the ergonomics of a Metcal, nor the ease of hot swapping the tips. |
| SirPeale:
--- Quote from: SithMaster on August 21, 2006, 08:30:42 pm ---peale how many years have you been soldering? like 11enty? me like 4 days for like an hour each day. jeez you just have to gloat in front of a beginner dont you. ;) --- End quote --- Actually, not that long. Only started getting good at it in the last year. First time I tried soldering, it was for a keyboard hack. I effectively cooked the PCB. Luckily I didn't pay anything for the keyboard. Did something similar with the next one. Finally got some junk PCBs from stuff I was going to toss, started to practice. One hint: solder flows UP. Okay, two hints: don't heat the solder, heat the part you're soldering. *sigh* three hints...make sure your solder tip is CLEAN. And HOT. Even though most texts say keep the heat at low as possible, I've found that the hotter your tip is, the better luck I have. That way you're in and out very quickly. |
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