28 May
2009
28 May
'09
8:37 a.m.
On 28/05/2009 13:40, Dave McGuire wrote:
> One reason I never graduated to /real/ soldering
stations is that I
> kept wondering "what do I do when it goes bad?". What do you guys
> recommend?
I kept my two Oryx temperature-controlled irons for that. One is in the
cupboard above the bench, the other is in a small toolkit in the car. I
used to carry that to all sorts of places, and once (many years ago) was
stopped by security at a UK airport. "What's this substance, sir?" He
was indicating the soggy sponge in the plastic bag beside the soldering
iron :-)
My current bench station is a Weller WD2 microprocessor-controlled unit
with a WSP80 iron that takes a wide range of LT tips and other
accessories. A birthday present a couple of years ago :-) I second Tim
(and others) in recommending Weller. I still have my big and ancient
Weller soldering gun for DEC power supplies, though.
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Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York