1 Nov
2012
1 Nov
'12
7:08 a.m.
On Thu, 1 Nov 2012, David Riley wrote:
On Nov 1, 2012, at 9:24 AM, geneb wrote:
Yep. The tips for the 936 irons also work on the '888. What surprised me
is that there's a number of different color schemes for the iron, but only
blue/yellow is available in the US.
On Wed, 31 Oct 2012, David Riley wrote:
Yup! The included chisel tip worked fine for what I needed
it for immediately (fixing my Quadra 700, which involved
extracting corroded battery posts from a ground plane), but
I need to get some pointier bits soon. Fortunately, they're
not terribly expensive.
I agree, in general. I've been quite happy
with my Hakko
(recommended by Gene, bought for my birthday by my wife),
Did you get the FX-888? I'm VERY pleased with mine. Truth be told, I'm also almost as glad to have an
iron with
a real switch (i.e. not the one on the power strip!) as I
am to have a temp controlled one. I've lived with my old
30W Weller for far too long; I had almost forgotten what it
was like to have a nice iron, since I never come into the
office at work anymore.
I have an ancient Weller that the prior owner actually installed a power
switch on as well as made the iron interchangable by adding a small DIN
plug to the cord and on the face of the iron stand.
g.
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