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01-16-2012, 07:33 PM
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#1 | | Troubadour Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Delaware
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| Need to buy a new soldering iron, I figured, may as well spend the extra dough on something better than average.
Also, best type of solder to use on boards and connectors? Silver, flux core, lead free?
Suggestions?
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01-16-2012, 07:39 PM
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#2 | | Darth Vaper Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Leftern Mass
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Originally Posted by Delrey  Need to buy a new soldering iron, I figured, may as well spend the extra dough on something better than average.
Also, best type of solder to use on boards and connectors? Silver, flux core, lead free?
Suggestions? | Go for the throat and get a Weller. A real Weller, and not one of the Chinese POS' at Home Depot. ~$140, but it will last a long time.
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01-16-2012, 07:48 PM
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#3 | | Troubadour Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Delaware
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| Any particular type/model number?
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01-16-2012, 07:52 PM
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#4 | | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Houston,TX
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| sorry to hi-jack the OP but what would be a good alternative to buying a $100 soldering station that would work? no bells and whistles...just an adjustable wattage station..
anybody use a cheaper one that works?
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01-16-2012, 07:55 PM
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#5 | | Darth Vaper Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Leftern Mass
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Originally Posted by Delrey Any particular type/model number? | Yeah, but they stopped making them in the 90's!  http://www.amazon.com/Weller-WESD51-.../dp/B000ARU9PO
This one's only $86: http://www.amazon.com/Weller-WES51-A...6765227&sr=1-1
Get a BLUE one. The orange ones are mostly junk. It will prolly last you the rest of your life.
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01-16-2012, 07:56 PM
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#6 | | Darth Vaper Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Leftern Mass
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Originally Posted by bamsbbq sorry to hi-jack the OP but what would be a good alternative to buying a $100 soldering station that would work? no bells and whistles...just an adjustable wattage station..
anybody use a cheaper one that works? | Look up...$86. I have bought "Wellers" from HD that are garbage, I bought a $24 soldering station at Rad Shack that is garbage. If you do any amount of soldering at all, spend the bux and get something worthwhile.
I used the Rad Shack one to make THREE mods and it's decrepit already.
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01-16-2012, 08:44 PM
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#7 | | Troubadour Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Delaware
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| Thanks Steam.
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01-16-2012, 08:58 PM
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#8 | | Darth Vaper Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Leftern Mass
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Originally Posted by Delrey Thanks Steam. | NP.
I have an old Weller from 1987, and it was prolly 5 years old then, and it just quit on me around September.
I have tried about 4-5 other irons and none are as good as a Weller station. They just last.
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01-17-2012, 10:34 AM
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#9 | | Dismembered Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: USA
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| Well I imagine they are all made in China.
Hakko seems to make very good stuff. Their original 936 is probably the most copied/cloned soldering station out there.
The reviews are always positive.
This is the update to the 936. http://www.amazon.com/Hakko-Solderin.../dp/B004M3U0VU
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#10 | | Couldnt take it anymore Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Mod impersonation carries a stiff penalty YKWYA
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| does anybody know if this is a copper core iron tip or not?
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