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post #16 of 20
10/3/06 at 3:19pm
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I went ahead and order the wp25 from mouser because I had to order a bunch of stuff from them anyway. I tried to find a hakko dash but I couldn't find one anywhere (inluding outpost.com). My plan is to use it for this project and try to get the wife convinced to get me a station for christmas.

Btw I looked at the antex pens and while I am sure they are great soldiering pens they just look uncomfortable as heck.
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post #17 of 20
10/3/06 at 4:39pm
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Originally Posted by Tomo
You are using Lead-Free solder right? I think you roasted your tip too long. Tin (Sn) becomes very reactive when heated up too long. This is precisely why you need to keep your tips clean when you leave your iron for a min. A large fraction of lead-free solder consist of Tin, so you have to be more careful. It is better if you unplug every time you take a minute-off.

This will happen with ALL soldering irons; quality of tip may change the speed of decay, however.

T
Nope. I was using 4% silver solder from Homegrown Audio. Bought if before all the ROHS stuff. The tip was only a couple of weeks old and cleaned all the time.
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post #18 of 20
10/3/06 at 5:44pm
This was the Hakko Dash for anyone else interested.

http://shop3.outpost.com/product/1556308#detailed

I think it goes by the N454 model more often than just "Dash"
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post #19 of 20
5/2/10 at 10:03pm
That Taiyo Electrics GOOT RX-802 is a beaut! Unfortunately it's expensive...found only 1 place in the US that carried it but they were asking $385 on sale...way toooo much for the occassioanl hobbyist solderer!
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post #20 of 20
5/3/10 at 1:19am
i use goot, pen solder works great.
just saying though OT.
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