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

["Samuel A. Falvo II" <sam.falvo@falvotech.com>]

On Monday 23 August 2004 07:44 pm, Stuart Brorson wrote:
> 1.  Metcals put a sensing element right at the tip of the iron to
> measure the tip temperature.   Then they feedback on the tip temp to
> ...
> 2.  The heating element in a Metcal is right up at the tip of the
> iron.  In a Weller, the heat slug is a slug which is heated from

Thanks for the info.  When I get to a point where I'm ready to start 
development of the circuit, which won't be for awhile yet, I'll do some 
research on both the Weller and Metcal irons.

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Samuel A. Falvo II