[Elecraft] : Soldering station recommendation in preparation forbuilding a K1

[Brendon Whateley]

Hi Edward,

Do you do much SMD work? If so, what do you use for that? I'm thinking of
getting a hot air rework station to make life easier with SMD, which seems
to be the future.

- Brendon KK6AYI

On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 9:06 AM, Edward R Cole <kl7uw at acsalaska.net> wrote:

> I have the genuine HAKKO FX-951 (ESD safe) solder station which is
> essential for good soldering.  It does cost double the other guys but the
> "sleep" mode is very nice as tip temp is dropped to 450F when solder iron
> is parked in its holder.  It returns to 670F (temp fully adjustable) a few
> seconds after I take the iron out of the holder.  This feature really
> extends life of the tips.  Having a professional station really makes my
> little business of building kits much better/easier.
>
>
> 73, Ed - KL7UW
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