[Coco] Soldering Irons

[Eric]

I'm in love with my butane soldering gun:
https://www.radioshack.com/products/mini-butane-gas-powered-iron

Which is a re-branded ISO-Tip soldering iron:
https://iso-tip.com/product/pro-50-butane-soldering-iron-kit-7971



On Sat, Nov 4, 2017 at 3:01 AM, Gene Heskett <gheskett at shentel.net> wrote:

> On Saturday 04 November 2017 01:51:02 Michael Furman wrote:
>
> > I'd recommend a Weller WTCP or the newer WTCPT series soldering
> > station with the matching iron. You should be able to find them on
> > eBay or surplus for reasonable prices.  These irons basically last
> > forever. The standard tip is 600F medium conical tip that does just
> > fine for most jobs but you can get  tips of many different shapes,
> > sizes, and temperatures that simply screw on.
> >
> > https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fu
> >lk%2Fitm%2F142561354478
> >
> Three things on this model.
>
> 1. If the 3rd pin on the power cord has been removed, it will blow gates
> in an IC when it switches on and off to maintain the set temp, which is
> marked on the button at the rear of the tip. Never ever use a third pin
> isolation adapter, or a drop cord thats been clipped, it MUST have a
> good ground. This also means the board you are working on must be
> disconnected from any source of power. Even then, its not 100% safe in
> CMOS circuitry. 99.9999% maybe.  Or I had an already damaged chip.
>
> 2. the pocket where all the loose tips are shown in that set of pix needs
> to have a sponge cut to fit the pocket, and kept wet to serve as a tip
> wiper/cleaner.
>
> 3. Modern low or no lead solders will need a tip stamped with a 7 for
> 700F temps as they are a higher melting point solders. So will solders
> with a 2 or higher percent of silver content. Excellent solders, but
> 600F may be found to be a bit slow with them.
>
> And since Cooper Group bought Weller, decades ago, the heaters have a
> limited lifetime.  I have one of the original old black brick style of
> that iron, bought it in the 1950's, probably has accumulated 250,000
> power on hours by now, powered up 8+ hours a day at the various tv
> station service benches where I was employed down thru the last 40 years
> I worked in tv. Still using its original heater.  Looks like it lost the
> war, and no, its not for sale, its still my goto iron for small quickly
> done projects.
>
> > --
> > Michael R. Furman
> > Email: n6il at ocs.net
> > Phone: +1 (408) 480-5865
> >
> > > On Nov 3, 2017, at 9:41 PM, rcrislip <rcrislip at neo.rr.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello, What would be a good soldering iron for circuit board work?
> > > What heat, watts, Brand, etc. TIA
> > >
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> Cheers, Gene Heskett
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