[NSRCA-discussion] Soldering stations

[David Lockhart]

I'll second that basic idea -
- a good quality soldering station (adjustable temp controlled iron) greatly improved my productivity and reduced heatsoak beyond the soldering area.  I'm using a Hakko 936, and when I was researching it a couple years ago, Pace and Weller also had some good stuff.

Dave
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: John Pavlick 
  To: NSRCA Mailing List 
  Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 9:19 PM
  Subject: RE: [NSRCA-discussion] Soldering stations


  Richard,
   Don't worry - you're not a nerd. The Hakko is a nice little iron. I use mine for everything from SMT electronics (OK - I'm a REAL nerd) to soldering throttle pushrod cables and even some parts on slot-car chassis and my Harleys (OK - I'm not a REAL nerd anymore). It is actually better to have more power in this case. Since it's temperature controlled, you won't over-heat small wires if you set the temperature correctly. You will like it. One thing I haven't tried - although it would probably work really well because of the temperature control - is cutting foam. You obviously wouldn't want to do this with a tip that you use for soldering electronics.
  John Pavlick
  http://www.idseng.com
    

    -----Original Message-----
    From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org]On Behalf Of Richard Strickland
    Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 5:19 PM
    To: NSRCA Mailing List
    Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Soldering stations


    In 'doing' electric stuff, I really hadn't given any thought to the type of soldering irons or guns I was using--except to use(or would work) whatever I had handy at the time.  I'm taking a little time to restore an old car which needed much of it's wiring harness repaired after 30 years in a barn(rats ate it) (hindsight: shoulda bought a new one).  Orland is a body man and he had the car in his garage.  I took my gun and two irons over and after hassling with those for a while, he said "Use THIS"--which was a base model 40W Weller soldering station with a very pointy tip (Charlie Reed's old one).  I was impressed by how well the thing worked--enough so I popped for one at noon today.  It'll make those E connections a breeze.  I got a little larger --Hacko? 65W dial adjustable unit as the other was a little down on power for larger gauge or multiple wire joints.  I'm sort of amazed that they are pretty much only available at electronic distributors or online.  I did feel a little nerdy buying one.

    Richard




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