[Boatanchors] Weller Soldering tips

[john fitzsimmons]

Get an old Wen soldering gun and you'll have almost instant tip heating and you'll never need to mess with tips again. I have my dad's old Wen from about 1960, and have never replaced/tightened/otherwise messed with/ the tip.

Why Wellers are so popular is beyond me.  They have a truly terrible design.

--- On Thu, 4/14/11, David Knepper <collinsradio at comcast.net> wrote:

From: David Knepper <collinsradio at comcast.net>
Subject: [Boatanchors] Weller Soldering tips
To: collins_radios at yahoogroups.com
Cc: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
Date: Thursday, April 14, 2011, 7:58 PM

I went to my local Radio Shack store today and was pleasantly surprised to find Weller soldering tips for both the light (8200) and heavy duty (D550) guns.  Price for two tips for both guns was slightly less than $2.00.

In the Mouser catalog they are listed at a price of $4.47 for two.

Incidentally, I installed the Radio Shack tips in both of my Weller guns and they seem to work fine.  

I just bet that someone is going to say that the Radio Shack tips are inferior.

Thank you

David Knepper, W3CRA/W3ST
Editor of the Collins Journal
Secretary of the Collins Radio Association
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