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Knightrous
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Joined: 15 Jun 2004
Posts: 8511
Location: NSW
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Originally posted by Spockie-Tech:
The most often used piece of gear (not "test gear through") is without doubt your Soldering Iron. Without it you cant do jack. The difference between "OK" and "Good" is huge. Dont Skimp on it. Get a Weller, Hakko, Micron or other brand that has been in the Biz for 10 years +. El Cheapo Brand Tips suck, oxidize quickly and evaporate leaving an awful surface. Result - Poor Joints full of crud, unpredictable heat transfer slowing down speed soldering and messy flux flows. Spend your $$ here first, Solder is the glue of electronics, if its not right, nothing will work.
I'm currently looking for a replacement and upgrade from my old, dieing DSE soldering station. Currently looking at the Hakko FX 888 from Element14 for $175 as it has a lot of good recommendations from the blokes at sparkfun. Anyone happened to use one of these or know of a cheaper place to source then (Sparkfun have them for $100, but they are 110v only versions). Looking at getting more into SMD work and playing around with PCB's, so kinda want to get something that will last me through going from noob to pro. _________________ https://www.halfdonethings.com/
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