[Elecraft] Soldering stations

[John [K7SVV]]

My favorite iron is also a WTCP but it is probably older than some of the
folks on this reflector.  The only way to change its temperature is to
replace the tip.  I have four different tips but they are all set for 700
degress.  They are different only in their shape and size.  I only use my
Hakko 936 when I am working with surface mount devices.  I will be using the
WTCP next week when the K2 I ordered this morning arrives.  I just can't be
without a K2.

John   [K7SVV]

On 4/15/06, Jeremiah McCarthy <wa2dkg at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> Once again I read about having to change the tip in the Weller WTCP
> soldering station in order to change the temperature...This is just not so
> and makes me wonder if I am listening to someone who has never used the
> Weller...I have both the Weller WTCP and the Hakko 936 and the Weller wins,
> hands down...In my working days, over 40 years of soldering, I used Wellers,
> Paces, Edsyns, you name it, the Weller WTCP is my first choice...And, it is
> MADE IN THE USA!!!...
>
> The temperature controlling element in the Weller is the tip..If the tip
> is not hot enough, the heater will come on and STAY on until it is hot
> enough...The Hakko's temperature is controlled by a thermostat that is
> mounted on the heater  up inside the handle...It is controlling the
> temperature of the heater, not the tip, and is at the top of the heater, as
> far away from the tip as you can get...I have had instances with my Hakko
> where the solder wire welded itself to the tip and would not come loose
> until the tip heated more, yet the idiot light on the control unit was
> flashing merrily on and off, indicating it was hot enough...
>
> I use a PTB7 tip in the Weller for 99% of my work, including soldering the
> ground pins on the BNC connectors in the KX1 and the binocular cores in the
> KPA100...I have been using the same tip for years and it never
> discolors...The only time I have ever had to change a tip is when working
> room was the problem...We would have to change the tip in any iron under
> those circumstances, wouldn't we?...
>
> My Hakko 936 is for sale...It has been used once, is effectively new, is
> still in original wraps in the original box, and comes with 2 extra tips and
> a brass-wool tip cleaner, and I will guarantee it...The first $65 dollar
> check takes it...
>
> Jerry, wa2dkg
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John   [K7SVV]