Re: Equipment selection

I'm with kurt on this one..

Once I used Metcal I didn't want to use anything else.. They heat up in less
than 5 seconds and can pour the heat on instantly.. they work great for heavy
stuff like boards with large ground planes and pinball coils.

The older soldering pencil systems are available cheap.. I think I paid $75
for mine.. I think you have to drop around $500 to get one new. The shop-air
desoldering guns (DS-1) are very inexpensive as well, and uses the same power
supply. I have a ds-1 but don't have air handy any longer.. I'm gonna try to
pick up one of the self-contained desoldering units (the SP440). The only
downside to metcal is the tips are expensive (around $35 I think).. but they
seem to last longer than weller anyway. I probably use it every day and I
havn't replaced the tip in 3 years.. it still looks good.

Jeff

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Received on Fri Mar 14 09:46:00 2003