[Boatanchors] Weller Soldering tips

[john fitzsimmons]

The tip won't turn red hot if you modulate the heat with the trigger, or you have the tip in contact with your work.  Holding the trigger down with the tip in mid air will certainly turn it red hot.  However that doesn't seem to damage it at all.

--- On Fri, 4/15/11, Paul Kraemer <elespe at lisco.com> wrote:

From: Paul Kraemer <elespe at lisco.com>
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Weller Soldering tips
To: "BOATANCHORS" <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Date: Friday, April 15, 2011, 3:25 PM

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
Secretary of the Collins Radio Association
www.collinsra.com
Join the CRA today
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etc.
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