On Thu, 2009-05-28 at 20:54 -0700, David Griffith wrote:
On Thu, 28 May 2009, Ethan Dicks wrote:
I still have a couple of projects I assembled in
the late 1970s as a
teen... I used a cheap RatShack pencil iron - they _do_ look like they
were assembled with a hot brick. One is a TVT 6-5/8. I keep meaning
to clean that one up but haven't found the time to do it.
Weird. I've always been complimented on my soldering, even though I've
always used a Ratshack Special.
Maplin here, but same idea - el-cheapo iron and a steady point. I've
never had any problems, even when doing quite fine SMD work.
Gordon