[Boatanchors] Weller Soldering tips

[Paul Kraemer]

For intense solder melting I have found my Hakko 808 de-soldering tool melts 
the solder when all others fail. Don't know why, it isn't that high a 
wattage but it sure melts the solder like can caps that are soldered to a 
chassis
Paul K0UYA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David C. Hallam" <dhallam at knology.net>
To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 2:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Weller Soldering tips


>I don't think Wen makes soldering guns anymore.  I had several and got
> rid of them because I couldn't get replacement tips.  I got tired of
> waiting for the tip to get hot and replacing burned out tips.  Besides a
> soldering iron is much more practical for radio work.  I now use a nice
> Hako soldering station and a great big old iron if I have to do
> something like unsoldering a capacitor can from a chassis.  I could
> never get enough heat from a 200W Weller gun I have to do that job.
>
> David
> KW4DH
>
> On 4/15/2011 3:25 PM, Paul Kraemer wrote:
>> DoesWEN still have those plated iron tips? That is a big advantage of 
>> using
>> a Weller if you care about craftsmanship. Only thing I ever thought a WEN
>> was good for was starting the charcoal in the bbq and doing wood burning
>> projects.
>> I have three different Weller guns from 70w to 250w and all are great for
>> some purpose.
>> Precision soldering is always done with a temperature controlled iron 
>> either
>> a Weller or a Hako with an appropriate wattage tip.
>> Paul K0UYA
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "john fitzsimmons"<w3jn at yahoo.com>
>> To: "David Knepper"<collinsradio at comcast.net>
>> Cc:<boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 11:13 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Weller Soldering tips
>>
>>
>> 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
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