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matt
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Joined: 28 Apr 2006
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 Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 8:17 pm Post subject: Soldering Iron |
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Hi,
I think I'm in the market for replacing my soldering iron... It's a small hobby iron. I'm thinking along the lines of the Weller gun (i.e. the sort with the trigger), however, I'm wondering whether they are still the best?
It's to be used for small general soldering jobs - wiring terminals and similar.
Cheers
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ultimatehandyman
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Location: Darwen, Lancashire
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| Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 9:14 pm Post subject: |
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Just make sure you get an high wattage one. I used to have one and it was totally useless, but I used one a few weeks back at college and it was superb.
The one I had was useless at melting the solder.
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ultimatehandyman
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This is what I soldered-
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thescruff
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| Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 10:08 pm Post subject: |
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Did you make the board as well 
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ultimatehandyman
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| Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 10:10 pm Post subject: |
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no, it was a kit lol
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big-all
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Joined: 16 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 11:18 pm Post subject: |
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yep a weller 100/140w brilliant for fast soldering
and if any body needs some spare tips for the induction type i have some spare
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Hoovie
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Joined: 27 Jul 2007
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Location: East Devon
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| Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 6:55 am Post subject: |
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Who needs soldering irons!!!
Chez's pic reminded me of the mini-computer boards I had to repair at Prime Computers in the 80's.
All the chips were socketed and all the connections were made with wire-wrap ....
This is just a small Z80 micro board - our boards were 19" x 15" rack boards and the computer had about 15 of them - interesting to patch them up 
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