[Elecraft] soldering station info, from a guy who does it all day: slightly OT

[Alexandra Carter]

There are cheapie soldering irons made by almost everyone, including 
Weller. The minimum Weller model is the WTCPT, the minimum Hakko is 
whatever model is in that same price range. 73 de Alex NS6Y

On Apr 14, 2006, at 1:16 PM, Bob Nielsen wrote:

>
> On Apr 14, 2006, at 12:40 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
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>> The Pace and Edsyn soldering stations are in the $130 range. The OKI 
>> (was
>> Metcal) soldering stations like the Wellers with front-panel 
>> temperature
>> controls get up near $200. Of course, they all have special purpose 
>> tools
>> that cost much, much more, but which do different things such as 
>> provide far
>> higher heats one would ever use on a PCB (up to 1000F), desoldering 
>> tools,
>> etc.