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Very nice offer, Ersa soldering station
Level42:
Mmmmmmm, it's Chinese.
Found an interesting thread about these similar stations here (in German):
http://www.mikrocontroller.net/topic/93174
Now, this all appears to lead to this Chinese factory:
http://www.china-zhongdi.com/tcss01.htm
Hey, look familiar, right ?
Click around on all the ZD- models.....you'll see some familiar stuff:
Sold as Velleman (electronic kits manufacturer) here:
Hey, this one is familiar, I've worked with one of those when I worked a year on VGA monitor repairs. Not a bad station at all....
Talk about familiar looking:
If you don't recognize this as a Weller, you haven't ever actually soldered I guess.......jeez direct copies ! (At least on the outside). However, these would be "older" Wellers now.
Here's the original....:
I guess some of you guys have seen these too:
Another Zhongdi product. If I'm not mistaken this is actually sold under the Weller brand, but I could be wrong...
daywane:
--- Quote from: Kevin Mullins on January 24, 2009, 12:23:31 am ---Damn.... I'm sad to admit I remain in the stone ages then. :laugh2:
El' Cheapo at it's best.
(but I just finished replacing surface mounts on a harddrive pcb with it)
That Ersa unit looks sweet.
--- End quote ---
I am here with you.
I use a 15 what radio shack solder iron
a sponge
and a glass plate :laugh2:
richms:
No hakko's tho? Thats what I have pretty much always used after getting rid of the weller magnetic one with all the issues that it brings...
Level42:
Thought about canceling the order, but I figured I'll give it a try first (can see if I like it and return it within 7 days anyway). The mere fact that the base station is Chinese built does not automatically imply that it's rubbish. The Chinese _can_ do proper jobs if guided by some western guys.
I still think the "iron"/handle set-up is Ersa's own design, I don't see a similar set-up on any of the other stations.
So, for that kind of money, I guess it's not a bad deal.
While looking at all those stations I also had a second look at the Metcals and what struck me is that you have to change tips to select temperatures. Doesn't sound very practical to me....weird !
richms:
No, my old weller was the same, and to make it worse, its slightly magnetic so it would take small SMD things off the board if there was any steel in them when trying to solder them.
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