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

[Charlie T, K3ICH]

I tend to prefer my American Beauty model 3138 for
light work.

73, Charlie k3ICH

-----Original Message-----
From: Elecraft
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Behalf Of Brendon Whateley
Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2016 5:17 PM
To: Edward R Cole <kl7uw at acsalaska.net>
Cc: Elecraft Reflector Reflector
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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] : Soldering station
recommendation in preparation forbuilding a K1

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
> http://www.kl7uw.com
>     "Kits made by KL7UW"
> Dubus Mag business:
>     dubususa at gmail.com
>
>
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