Re: Soldering irons [was Re: gEDA-user: Free Dog meetings at MIT starting this September!]

[Dave McGuire <mcguire@neurotica.com>]

On Aug 23, 2004, at 9:31 PM, DJ Delorie wrote:
> Ah, but which soldering iron?  I'm in need of an upgrade at the
> moment...  Nothing fancy, but able to safely handle surface mount
> parts.
  Not sure who you're asking here, but I strongly recommend Metcal 
irons for SMT work.  The price on this one is about twice what it 
should be, so don't use that as a data point, but here is the model 
that I use:

  http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3835290314

        -Dave

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