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Re: gEDA-user: Re: Soldering irons
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- Subject: Re: gEDA-user: Re: Soldering irons
- From: Karel Kulhavý <clock@twibright.com>
- Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 10:10:16 +0000
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On Sun, Sep 26, 2004 at 04:02:12AM -0400, DJ Delorie wrote:
>
> 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 ;-)
What is the oven controller good for?
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