I have an absolutely ancient Weller WTCPN soldering station that isdisintegrating... it's probably at least 33 years old.I don't have any need for surface mount sophistication.What are people's thoughts on a cheapy replacement such as... Weller WLC100 Soldering Station ...Jim Thompson-- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens || Analog Innovations, Inc. | et || Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus || Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | || Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat || E-mail Icon at | 1962 | I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.

"Jim Thompson" wrote in message news:Each to their own, but the WLC100 is ok...

Soldering Iron Recommendations?

Feb 16, 2010 63 Replies

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Jim Yanik 16 years ago

Phil Hobbs wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@electrooptical.net:

soldering classes at TEK taught us to keep the irons at 600degF,but I usually had mine at 700degF. Most of the Weller tips TEK stocked were 600degF,a couple of the bigger ones were 900degF.They were those magnetic-switching tips,no " 50's" increments. The big fears the classes mentioned were about too high a heat causing pad lifting or via expansion and cracking at an inner layer on multilayer PCBs.

TEK switched to 63/37 solder a long time ago,after using 60/40 or the 3% AG stuff.

Jim Yanik jyanik at localnet dot com

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Phil Hobbs 16 years ago

That's the difference then--I'm usually doing dead-bug things at 750. For boards I usually use Mecals. (I'm looking for one for home at the moment.)

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Phil Hobbs

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T 16 years ago

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I've got the 15845 TL and love it. Even got to crank it up to max to solder two heat sink posts to a board today.

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Ross Herbert 16 years ago

:I have an absolutely ancient Weller WTCPN soldering station that is :disintegrating... it's probably at least 33 years old. : :I don't have any need for surface mount sophistication. : :What are people's thoughts on a cheapy replacement such as... : : Weller WLC100 Soldering Station : : ...Jim Thompson

Since the WTCPT has served so well for so long, why change? When my 30 yr old WTCPT faded and died a couple of years back I just went out and bought a new one. Value for money is still quite good imo. Failing that, I would recommend Hakko.

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