What is the best, affordable, soldering iron?
Posted by trebhill
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What is the best, affordable, soldering iron? May 18, 2011 07:39PM |
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So I have a new kit on the way and I'm totally excited. I'm going to have to do a fair bit of soldering for this project and the $15 Home Depot version I have just doesn't cut it, so I turn to the experts.
Does anyone have suggestions on a good soldering iron that doesn't break the bank? I would like something that will last.
Thanks!
Does anyone have suggestions on a good soldering iron that doesn't break the bank? I would like something that will last.
Thanks!
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Re: What is the best, affordable, soldering iron? May 18, 2011 08:23PM |
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[www.sparkfun.com]
Good looking knockoff of the Hakko irons we use at work. One of my friends says they work nearly as well, and sparkfun seems to like them a lot.
Good looking knockoff of the Hakko irons we use at work. One of my friends says they work nearly as well, and sparkfun seems to like them a lot.
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Re: What is the best, affordable, soldering iron? May 18, 2011 08:34PM |
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Re: What is the best, affordable, soldering iron? May 18, 2011 09:35PM |
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robotshop has some not bad ones, i picked up an elenco one that i like allot from them, i would have gotton one of the ones from sparkfun but they were out of them for way too long at the time.
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Re: What is the best, affordable, soldering iron? May 19, 2011 09:31AM |
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get a gas one like this [www.maplin.co.uk], fast heatup time, hot knife, hotair attachment and blowtorch!
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Re: What is the best, affordable, soldering iron? May 19, 2011 09:51AM |
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Re: What is the best, affordable, soldering iron? May 19, 2011 10:27AM |
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Re: What is the best, affordable, soldering iron? May 19, 2011 11:04AM |
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Temperature control!
Being able to maintain a constant and known temperature is paramount to soldering many surface mount components.For general purpose soldering of plain wires it will work perfectly fine, but for SMT and some temp sensitive through hole components it will eventually get you into trouble. (dead parts).
They work really well for a lot of things, but I can not recommend them for assembling a circuit board.
Being able to maintain a constant and known temperature is paramount to soldering many surface mount components.For general purpose soldering of plain wires it will work perfectly fine, but for SMT and some temp sensitive through hole components it will eventually get you into trouble. (dead parts).
They work really well for a lot of things, but I can not recommend them for assembling a circuit board.
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Re: What is the best, affordable, soldering iron? May 19, 2011 12:33PM |
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Re: What is the best, affordable, soldering iron? May 19, 2011 01:02PM |
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Re: What is the best, affordable, soldering iron? May 19, 2011 11:03PM |
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Re: What is the best, affordable, soldering iron? May 19, 2011 11:57PM |
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Re: What is the best, affordable, soldering iron? May 20, 2011 12:48AM |
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