[Elecraft] Duratech TS1400 Soldering Station

[Thomas Beaudry]

> I took a look at the specs for Kevin's T/C station at:
>
>   http://www1.tpgi.com.au/users/p8king/ts1400.htm
>
> They look quite good and the pricing of this station is very
> good.  They also appear to offer a couple additional tips
> (a 0.8mm conical tip is standard, and supplied), 1.6mm
> conical, and 3.2mm flat (screwdriver) blade.
>
> This might be a good choice for builders living outside the
> U.S. as it appears to be possibly German-made, and thus
> possibly more readily available worldwide.

The actual iron in the picture looks identical to the iron on my 
Solomon SR-976 soldering station.  An exploded line drawing of it that 
I found elsewhere also looks identical.  If so, there are a lot more 
tips available for it.  In the US, Circuit Specialists has six 
different tips.

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Thomas M. Beaudry
k8la / ys1ztm
K2 # 3422