1 Aug
2015
1 Aug
'15
5:14 p.m.
On Aug 1, 2015, at 6:49 PM, Brent Hilpert <hilpert
at cs.ubc.ca> wrote:
...
As an example, I was trying to solder on the ground-plane of a 1970s (i.e. leaded
everything) Heath digital tuner recently (double-sided ground plane on the PCB).
Old Weller 48W/700F/mag-temp-switch iron was not up to it, would only melt in immediate
proximity to the tip.
For that I keep a PTB tip around, the 800F type. Changing tips is easy and they are
pretty inexpensive. You can also find (with a bit of searching) an extra-fine tip
suitable for fine SMD work.
paul