lessthanjakejohn
Limp Gawd
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That's a little too heavy duty for fine soldering. I've always thought the Radioshack 15/30W iron was pretty decent for the money. Of course I wouldn't touch the thing - as I have upgraded to a Hakko 936-12...BlindedByScience said:Here's your basic Weller 35 Watt soldering iron:
http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=372-112
You can get cheaper irons, but this one has thermally controlled output, and you can get parts and tips about anywhere on the planet. It's a dandy; I've had mine for almost 20 years....recommended.
Rock On - B.B.S.
....boy, I wish you'd have told me; would have saved me an ASSLOAD of fine soldering over the years....NleahciM said:That's a little too heavy duty for fine soldering.
xbreaka said:i gave into the infomercial amd got coldheat it works well and is very portable
DustMite said:I got this one from Circuit Specialists, the CSI-936: http://www.web-tronics.com/cispdeesdsas.html
It was only $35.00 and I was surprised at how well it works. The tip has a nice fine point, great for small work. The tip on my Radioshack 15/30 watt iron felt like a Louisville slugger compared to this thing. This thing is a tank, nice and heavy so it won't move around the desktop (a big plus to me). It heats up pretty quickly and seems to hold its heat, whereas, with the Ratshack model it seemed that as soon as you touched the tip to your part you would have to set it down and wait for it to heat up...again.
Anyway, I have had a good experience with this setup. Go ahead and take a look... you know you want to... heh.
...just my $0.02...
-DustMite-
I usually keep the iron around 11 o'clock... it goes up to 2 or 3 for heavy work.cgrant26 said:I love my Hakko 936. But I seriously need to get some more tips for it. You guys that use them, what temp setting do you use for fine-point soldering?
DustMite said:I got this one from Circuit Specialists, the CSI-936: http://www.web-tronics.com/cispdeesdsas.html
It was only $35.00 and I was surprised at how well it works. The tip has a nice fine point, great for small work. The tip on my Radioshack 15/30 watt iron felt like a Louisville slugger compared to this thing. This thing is a tank, nice and heavy so it won't move around the desktop (a big plus to me). It heats up pretty quickly and seems to hold its heat, whereas, with the Ratshack model it seemed that as soon as you touched the tip to your part you would have to set it down and wait for it to heat up...again.
Anyway, I have had a good experience with this setup. Go ahead and take a look... you know you want to... heh.
...just my $0.02...
-DustMite-
OK, Looks like I just found my new soldering iron to replace my cheapo Ratshack 30w iron. I plan on getting a couple of those "Kits" to put together, I found a VU meter that would work great for a case mod I was thinking about and also 2 of those electronic dice. What tip should I get for doing stuff like this. It comes with the 0.8mm Chisel, would the long fine point be better?DustMite said:I got this one from Circuit Specialists, the CSI-936: http://www.web-tronics.com/cispdeesdsas.html
It was only $35.00 and I was surprised at how well it works. The tip has a nice fine point, great for small work. The tip on my Radioshack 15/30 watt iron felt like a Louisville slugger compared to this thing. This thing is a tank, nice and heavy so it won't move around the desktop (a big plus to me). It heats up pretty quickly and seems to hold its heat, whereas, with the Ratshack model it seemed that as soon as you touched the tip to your part you would have to set it down and wait for it to heat up...again.
Anyway, I have had a good experience with this setup. Go ahead and take a look... you know you want to... heh.
...just my $0.02...
-DustMite-
DustMite said:I got this one from Circuit Specialists, the CSI-936: http://www.web-tronics.com/cispdeesdsas.html
It was only $35.00 and I was surprised at how well it works. The tip has a nice fine point, great for small work. The tip on my Radioshack 15/30 watt iron felt like a Louisville slugger compared to this thing. This thing is a tank, nice and heavy so it won't move around the desktop (a big plus to me). It heats up pretty quickly and seems to hold its heat, whereas, with the Ratshack model it seemed that as soon as you touched the tip to your part you would have to set it down and wait for it to heat up...again.
Anyway, I have had a good experience with this setup. Go ahead and take a look... you know you want to... heh.
...just my $0.02...
-DustMite-