soldering iron options

[GuitarPsych]

I have a cheap Radio Shack soldering iron. I am working on guitar
electronics and beginning to work on amplifiers. I find that the
soldering iron feels too big and cumbersome and it seems difficult to
avoid touching other wires. Are there any better options for soldering
irons... perhaps smaller, slimmer, or irons where just the very tip gets
hot?

 

[Alexander]

GuitarPsych wrote:

I have a cheap Radio Shack soldering iron. I am working on guitar
electronics and beginning to work on amplifiers. I find that the
soldering iron feels too big and cumbersome and it seems difficult
to
avoid touching other wires. Are there any better options for
soldering irons... perhaps smaller, slimmer, or irons where just the
very tip gets hot?

Yes,

The best currently on the market are:
Weller: WMRS
JBC: Advanced series
OKI (aka Metcall)

They all use a HF for heating.
The tip life is also a lot longer then those of other soldering irons.
They have also tips for ROHS compliant soldering.

The OKI has the temperature fixed with the tip, Weller and JBC can
easily be adjusted on the station.

On all three only the top of the tip gets hot.

--

Alexander

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.... As easy as 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841.

 

[GuitarPsych]

Anything in the $50 - $100 range? $300 - $400 is too much for me.


Alexander wrote:

GuitarPsych wrote:
I am beginning to work on tube amps.... less bulky soldering irons... perhaps smaller, slimmer, or irons where just the
very tip gets hot?
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Yes, The best currently on the market are:
Weller: WMRS
JBC: Advanced series
OKI (aka Metcall)

On all three only the top of the tip gets hot.

 

[John Fields]

On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 21:50:02 GMT, "Dleer" <drennie@cfl.rr.com>
wrote:

Unger or Weller (Use the web Luke....)

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Ungar?
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Do NOT use a solder iron that plugs directly into house current they can
and will destroy elctronics, you need one with tranformer isolation and heat
control or temperature selectable tips

Oh yeah if you are serious about electronics stop buying crap from radio
shack.

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Geez, their resistors work pretty good...

--
John Fields
Professional Circuit Designer

 

[Coyoteboy]

"Dleer" <drennie@cfl.rr.com> wrote in message
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Do NOT use a solder iron that plugs directly into house current they can
and will destroy elctronics

I've used allll sorts of irons in my time, although i prefer more expensive
ones I've yet to have a cheap one kill anything - care to elaborate? Maybe i
should ditch the old one.

J

 

[James T. White]

"GuitarPsych" <none@test.com> wrote in message
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Anything in the $50 - $100 range? $300 - $400 is too much for me.

Take a look at the Hakko 936.

--
James T. White

 

[Dleer]

Unger or Weller (Use the web Luke....)

Do NOT use a solder iron that plugs directly into house current they can
and will destroy elctronics, you need one with tranformer isolation and heat
control or temperature selectable tips

Oh yeah if you are serious about electronics stop buying crap from radio
shack.

DR

"GuitarPsych" <none@test.com> wrote in message
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I have a cheap Radio Shack soldering iron. I am working on guitar
electronics and beginning to work on amplifiers. I find that the soldering
iron feels too big and cumbersome and it seems difficult to avoid touching
other wires. Are there any better options for soldering irons... perhaps
smaller, slimmer, or irons where just the very tip gets hot?