15 Sep
2011
15 Sep
'11
11:14 a.m.
For a Metcal MFR, you don't have a heater. It's in the tip module AIUI
(or possibly in the handpiece in the form of an RF coil). Inductive
heating in other words.
Right...
As far as my Aoyue kit goes, I can get any part I need from the UK
distributor, but the system controller PCB is classed as "probably
Hang on a second. This is a soldering station, right. Which means I am
going to use it to solder things, probably PCbs. In which case, why on
earth wouldn't I be able to replace components on the control PCB of the
soldering station?
In other words, I can jsutabpout accept that the average garage mechanic
probably can't change multi-pin components on PCbs and that car
electronic repair is (officially) going to involve module replacement,
but a soldering station? The sort of person who buys and uses one of
those is, almost by definiton, the sort of person who can rework PCBs.
Pray to whatever deity you believe in (if any) if you
have to replace
I am convinced the patron saint of classic computing should be St Chad of
Hackforth.
There is, AFAIK a genuine St Chad. There is also a village called
Hackforth in the Yorkshire Dales. I don't think there's any connection
between them, but the names sound right :-)
the handle or hose though. The connection between
handle and base
station is a rubber air hose with a power cable running through the
Right... I suspect I've had worse...
-tony