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This was pretty good. I enjoyed the hold it in the hand technique
Like this stock image?
or this one?
I was shocked how long it took to heat up.
lol
Havnt watched it yet, but I'm going to guess, not well.
There are some really good, TR-10 tyle soldering irons at amazing prices online.
It isn't even close to the better irons but I manage to solder with it. In subsequent videos I'll show how I can solder 2.54 mm header strips, a SOIC-8, and a QFP-32.
The point is that you don't need expensive equipment to solder even fairly small, modern SMDs. It's WAY easier with better equipment but a beginner with cheap equipment can do it.
Haha, I love this. My first iron was some POS from a wood burning kit that barely got hot enough to heat leaded solder. I went through two more no-temp-control Amazon specials after that one, which lasted a surprisingly long time, but then I swapped to the “expensive” Amazon special - a temp-controlled rework station! Which worked for a few years, but still wasn’t great. I finally said screw it and bought a nice temp-controlled Weller station, and not two months later, found someone dumping a Metcal station. And I gotta say. The metcal is leagues above anything I have ever used - it’s insane. Heats up within 5 seconds of turning on. Seems like some models similar to mine can be had used on eBay for about the price of my new Weller iron - and I would’ve gone for that option had I known about it. Only bummer is the replacement parts come at a premium, of course.
Thanks. Is your Metcal an RF station? I've got a friend who has an RF station who says the same things. Almost instant heat, very stable.
Yup...I just looked it up. Thermal Mass RF. Very nice. That's a big boy soldering station.
What kinds of things are you working on? Post pictures!
I’ll take some pics when I get back home next week! If I’m being totally honest, most of right now is just desoldering things. I reuse most of my circuitry components from salvaged boards, and also salvage the large majority of my perf boards. But I did “recreate” an HP 35 power supply a few weeks back that I can try to take some pics of!
Cool.
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