13 Nov
2018
13 Nov
'18
6:37 p.m.
I have the combo unit including solder. I do not have any other experience
with any high-end ware but I can say that this unit does all I need and
does it well.
On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 7:17 PM Chuck Guzis via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
On 11/13/18 7:38 AM, Mark J. Blair via cctalk wrote:
Instead, I use two pencil-type irons, one in each
hand, working under
a stereo microscope. The tips are much better, and manipulating each
tip independently provides great control of what's going on. Only
drawback is that if you want to use a fancy, expensive iron, now you
get to buy two of them. If you're tempted by a soldering station with
two or more outputs, make sure that it can drive both simultaneously.
There are dual-output stations that have two outputs but can only run
one at a time, as well as ones which can drive two irons at once.
After seeing the video on the ZD-985 some years ago on Dave's EEVBlog:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft50m8UU5WQ
I've been wondering if it's a worthwhile tool. Does anyone have one of
these things?
--Chuck