28 May
2009
28 May
'09
2:39 p.m.
On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Sridhar Ayengar <ploopster at gmail.com> wrote:
David Griffith wrote:
Agreed. I'm sorry I was out of the country for the
shutting-down-the-factory clearance at the Lucent Columbus Works
(formerly the Western Electric Columbus Works) where I worked for a
couple of years a while back. I was told by a friend who used to work
the factory that tools like the Metcal irons were free for the taking.
Unfortunately, I hadn't met him yet when that happened, or I would've
had him grab me one.
I used those same Metcals a few times... very nice. Plenty of odd SMT
rework tips. It was difficult to go home to my Weller.
-ethan
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?
Weller good. ?Metcal better.