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gEDA-user: Re: Soldering irons
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- Subject: gEDA-user: Re: Soldering irons
- From: DJ Delorie <dj@delorie.com>
- Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 04:02:12 -0400
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Just wanted to follow up on this...
Many thanks to all for the advice. I bought a used Metcal MX-500 (I
looked for the SP-200's but at the time used MX-500's were all over
the place and the SP-200s were hard to come by - but I got the used
MX-500 for less than the cost of a new SP-200) and a pair of tips, got
repair parts for my old Panavise, and mounted my desk lamp over it
all. Some new solder and paste, and off I went! Boy, the difference
between my old Radio Shack iron and the Metcal is like night and day.
Anyway, the results...
http://www.delorie.com/house/furnace/
This is the first time I've had to solder with TWEEZERS. Geez, those
0803's are tiny.
FYI: the SMTs were easier to solder than the through-holes. Once I
got them positioned with the tweezers, that it ;-)