soldering iron review wheres this going - Page 1
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author: Performa01
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 27, 2016, 11:58:22 am
content: I'm getting jealous. My soldering iron doesn't have that nice red glow.With reviews like this, we can finally learn what great tools are out there...

author: nanofrog
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 27, 2016, 09:16:47 pm
content: Holy Hell, what a dangerous POS (i.e. burn the user, if not the house down).

author: Fisher77
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 27, 2016, 09:37:31 pm
content: What the hell, did he cut the end off of a standard screwdriver to use as a tip

author: quetzalcoatl
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: October 27, 2016, 10:14:33 pm
content: Quote from: Fisher77 on October 27, 2016, 09:37:31 pmhm.. I doubt, I had one like this with even larger "tip". They can have a nice power and/or thermal capacity, useful if you need to solder something to a piece of metal which otherwise you couldn't even heat up with normal iron...piece of metal like a roof tilehttp://josephjenkins.com/store/electric-solder-irons/

author: elgonzo
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 27, 2016, 10:33:17 pm
content: Yes, this doesn't look like an soldering iron for electric installations but rather one for copper foil soldering (i.e., stained glass) or similar applications. Still a crappy POS, with the red heat and all that...

author: Fungus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 28, 2016, 11:22:52 am
content: Quote from: Fisher77 on October 27, 2016, 09:37:31 pmYou can get 'screwdriver' tips for soldering irons, even expensive soldering irons. Lots of people seem to use them but I have no idea why.(well, OK, you can heat up more then one thing if they're less than about 0.5cm apart. Might be useful for removing small surface mount devices...)

author: zapta
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 28, 2016, 11:56:28 am
content: Quote from: Performa01 on October 27, 2016, 11:58:22 amThat's because you are using 220V soldering irons. Do like this guy, try the 110V version.

author: Johnny10
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 28, 2016, 01:04:37 pm
content: Great for ground plane work !Just before it burns down your shack.

author: ciccio
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 28, 2016, 01:50:23 pm
content: Back in 1975, workers soldering PCBs and assembling amplifiers in the Company I worked for used Philips soldering irons (with Plato tips) that went so hot you could light a cigarette with them, and they did it (me too).The quality of the solder joints they made was top, and they cleaned the tips with a damp cloth and lot of rosin flux (paste).Some workplaces had two mains sockets, one had a diode in series with live conductor.Whe the iron was not used for some time, it was plugged in this "low voltage" socket, and the iron was in "stand by" at about 150°C.I introduced the first Weller station, which I had to buy with my money, to the Boss, but at first he did not like it.That station is still operational, after 35 years.

author: Gyro
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 28, 2016, 02:49:17 pm
content: The optimal temperature for (Edit: Vero) penwire (anyone remember that poisonous fumed abomination) made the iron glow a very dull red when the lights were out. I can't remember which TCP tip probably an 800'F (can't remember if they did a 9). One careless moment with the iron and you'd have to replace a whole bundle.

author: CraigHB
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 28, 2016, 02:56:08 pm
content: I actually have an iron like that. Have had it in my toolbox for many years, don't remember how it came into my possession. I have yet to find a use for it. Too hot even to solder heavy wires.

author: R_G_B_
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 29, 2016, 10:31:09 pm
content: Hes definitely got enough solder.If he wanted something that hot he could have gone and got a vindaloo!