buying a soldering iron..

[Jay Vaughan]

Do not get a cheap one, you will regret it if you make pcbs .. Get the  
nicest one you can afford, adjustable if possible. And with pencil  
tips that can be replaced. And maintain it well.

Don't practice: do. Learn to fix your mistakes. Get a solder sucker  
and desolder wick and don't be afraid to redo joints along the way ..

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ibi sum
::: top quotin' from the pocket :::

On Dec 1, 2009, at 5:27, Tony Scharf <noisetheorem at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ok, I have a few odd jobs around the studio that need to be done
> (fixing of bad outputs mostly) and I decided that rather than pay
> someone else a couple hundred bucks to do a 5 minute job, I'd just do
> it myself.  Unfortunately, it seems that its been so long since I used
> it, that I lost my soldering iron along the way.
>
> As my last one I got in a kit when I was in school, I didnt know
> anything about it.  I am looking to replace it, but looking on the web
> there seem to be a ton of different types and sizes.  My first
> reaction to all of the 'features' is that they a lot of it is just
> crap you dont need.  They are priced from ridiculous cheap to
> ridiculously expensive.
>
> Do any of the DIY'ers have any tips (no pun intended) on purchasing a
> soldering iron?
>
>
> Tony
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