[Coco] Soldering Irons

[Mike Delyea]

Many pros like Louis Rossmann and Dave Jones from EEVblog swear by Hakko

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVoBZqlvCKo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5Sb21qbpEQ

On Sat, Nov 4, 2017 at 11:13 AM, Michael Furman <n6il at ocs.net> wrote:

> Now that Gene mentions it, I have replaced a heater in these Weller irons
> before.  This is a simple task and the instructions are very good.  I have
> an older WTCPL iron and here are the instructions for it.  Also it's worth
> reading the operating principles:
>
> http://bama.edebris.com/download/weller/wtcpl/WTCPL%20Tech%20Sheet.pdf
>
> The boat anchor archive also has the manuals and tech sheets for most of
> the other Weller models, I think the ebay auction is sent before is wtcpn
> or wtcpr it just depends on when it was manufactured:
>
> http://bama.edebris.com/manuals/weller/
>
> Also there is additional info on stack exchange:
>
> https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/
> 1929/older-weller-soldering-iron-wont-heat
>
> --
> Michael R. Furman
> Email: n6il at ocs.net
> Phone: +1 (408) 480-5865
>
> > On Nov 4, 2017, at 5:32 AM, Eric <eric at canales.me> wrote:
> >
> > 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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