soldering iron temp

[pinejuice]

what kind of tempature do you guys like to set your irons to mod radios..does a variable 5 to 30 watts weller is a good iron to get a job done for my hobby..

 

[frmboybuck]

Depends on what I am soldering. Every componet is different.

 

[pinejuice]

maybe i should have said what if you wanted to do a driver and final swap cap resistors or even puting a varible pot..does a 5 to 30 watt weller to suffice a mod or i should get a higher model that has higher heat..i'm new in doing this stuff and dont want to have too much heat... :shock:

 

[pinejuice]

http://www.active-tech.ca/b2c/redirect.cfm?pn=2&lang=eng&locationID=itemDetail_3&itemID=WESD51


wish i had the money.

http://www.active-tech.ca/b2c/redirect.cfm?pn=2&lang=eng&locationID=itemDetail_3&itemID=WLC100CUL

this is what i was looking at^^^^

 

[pinejuice]

what do you techs use for irons..

 

[Switch Kit]

Hexacon/Hakko/Weller/Ungar/.....the list goes on ......theres a reall good outfit out of Van Nuys or Irvine ....that puts out some pretty good work horses as well / you might try Ebay ....you can fine a pretty good deal on a good soldering stations on there ........oh .....and IM no "tech" ....I would more so like to think of it has a "Hack" but in reality ....an electronic assembler once upon a time ago.