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11-14-2009, 06:19 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: The Granite State
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|  solder station or iron for my LCC build
I am looking to buy, a new soldering iron or station. I just want to know what people are using, or what would be a good choice. Thanx.
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11-14-2009, 06:23 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: My Old Kentucky Home....
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I've had a Hakko 936 for a couple of years now and use it constantly. Great soldering station.
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11-14-2009, 09:53 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Calgary
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Spend some money if you plan to be doing this hobby for awhile. Like Silentcircus, I have had a Hakko 936 for years. I can't imagine going to anything different that a true soldering iron instead of the cheaper ones.
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11-14-2009, 11:26 PM
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| Pebble Pounder   Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Napa, CA
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Hakko 936. Money well spent. |
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11-14-2009, 11:46 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2005 Location: Anchorage, Alaska
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Hakko 936
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11-15-2009, 12:23 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: San Antonio, Tx
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i build cables and wire harnesses for my job, i use the Weller wes51 and love it , ive gone threw 2 tips and 2.5 pounds of solder sence mid summer, the weller is a hoss....
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11-15-2009, 01:40 AM
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| Who's your Daddy-0! Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Augusta
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Buy a good station. It's worth it in the long run. Shouldn't this be in electronics?
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11-15-2009, 02:06 AM
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| R.I.P. Chip   Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: The Crawler State
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Moved this thread to tools... I just got a Team Checkpoint TC-950, it's just a rebadged Hakko 936 marketed directly to the RC market. I love it. |
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11-15-2009, 07:26 AM
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| MODERATOR™  Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Ohio
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Weller has a nice one too. The WLC-100. Looks to be under $45 most places. 40 watts solders everything I got just fine. http://www.amazon.com/Weller-WLC100-.../dp/B000AS28UC I've had mine for almost ten years now that I think about it... pretty good. |
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11-15-2009, 08:02 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Lowell, Arkansas
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If you can afford a station, they are nice. But the basic Weller 40watt pencil iron with some good iron plated tips is all you really need. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000HE5BZS/...SIN=B000HE5BZS McMaster has the iron plated tips. |
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11-15-2009, 09:42 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: The Granite State
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Thanks for the feedback!! I like to get the, Right stuff from the start!!
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11-15-2009, 09:57 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Great Britain
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I use an Antex 660 TC, best station I've ever used, really easy to change tips and it's yellow.  |
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11-15-2009, 11:13 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Tomball, Tx
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Hakko 936 I've used mine for everything from soldering packs together to surface mount rework Last edited by rex cars; 11-15-2009 at 11:17 AM. |
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11-15-2009, 12:05 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: The Granite State
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Wow the tc-950 does look alot like the hakko 936
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11-15-2009, 07:09 PM
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| R.I.P. Chip Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: The Crawler State
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11-15-2009, 08:34 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Hagerstown
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I use the Weller 51 and have had this station for alot of years and it just keeps going , does anything and everything asked of it anytime I need it . Just one of the BEST pieces of equipment I have ever bought !!!!!!!!!!! |
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11-16-2009, 12:47 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Greece, sun, sea and rocks
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May I ask, is this : http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tchlink:top:en a version of the widely used 936? It is the only one I have yet found to work on 220v. Thanks for the help guys. |
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11-16-2009, 12:52 AM
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| www.team3sixrc.com Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scalerville
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yeah thats fine. good price too.
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11-16-2009, 06:15 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: My Old Kentucky Home....
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Really good price. I paid a hundred bucks for mine a couple years ago.
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11-16-2009, 06:43 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Greece, sun, sea and rocks
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I already sent an offer to the guy. As if the price wasn't low enough. He also includes 10 extra tips. Even if they are junk, they are something. EDIT The guy counteroffered for .25$ less than the buy it now price LOL. Only thing that bugs me is that searching through Hakkos' site I saw that the 936 is discontinued, but the tips and heating elements are the same for the successor 888. Whatever. I bought it nonetheless. The crappiest stations here sell for 90 euro and I got this for 53. Last edited by MadForce; 11-16-2009 at 09:00 AM. |
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