jerb
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Hey, Xmas is coming up and its time to beg for some new tools
I'm doing more Soldering than I ever imagined so I decided to ask for a new Iron.
Looking through the forum I find that the Hakko 936 on the surface looks pretty solid. Some of the Techs at a local company had heard of it but all seemed to mumble off reasons they didn't like it.
http://www.kiesub.com/hakko936.htm
The next option was a Weller wtcpt; this is what the techs recommended. They said they have had these things going for years now and refuse to use anything else. Not to steep at ~130 but I don’t like them not having a temp control. The techs said if I get the 700 F tip I won’t need anything else.
http://www.all-spec.com/cgi-bin/fccg...w=Weller+WTCPT
The last option was a metcal. This Stand is $$$ at almost double the price of the hakko, I could beg if it’s worth it though. Techs admitted that metcal's were nice but hadn't had any experience with this particular one. It’s more expensive than the others and doesn’t seem to have any of the features of the others. It also mentions something about high temps for lead free solder; I won’t be using any of that so I think this iron may not work for me. I'll listen you what everyone/anyone has to say though
http://www.wassco.com/mepssosy.html
Also if anyone can recommend a good DMM, right now I’m using a $10 Home depot one and it blows pretty bad. To take resistance or voltage I kind of have to guess as it will sit there and flash numbers over and over until I remove the leads. (ex it will say 5, then 7, then 9, then 3 etc when its really a steady 6 volts) it also gives me odd readings such as a mysterious 48mA present in the air (leads not touching anything) etc. Id like to spend less than 35 but I'm open to most suggestions (I don’t think I can justify a $170 FLUKE)
I'm doing more Soldering than I ever imagined so I decided to ask for a new Iron.
Looking through the forum I find that the Hakko 936 on the surface looks pretty solid. Some of the Techs at a local company had heard of it but all seemed to mumble off reasons they didn't like it.
http://www.kiesub.com/hakko936.htm
The next option was a Weller wtcpt; this is what the techs recommended. They said they have had these things going for years now and refuse to use anything else. Not to steep at ~130 but I don’t like them not having a temp control. The techs said if I get the 700 F tip I won’t need anything else.
http://www.all-spec.com/cgi-bin/fccg...w=Weller+WTCPT
The last option was a metcal. This Stand is $$$ at almost double the price of the hakko, I could beg if it’s worth it though. Techs admitted that metcal's were nice but hadn't had any experience with this particular one. It’s more expensive than the others and doesn’t seem to have any of the features of the others. It also mentions something about high temps for lead free solder; I won’t be using any of that so I think this iron may not work for me. I'll listen you what everyone/anyone has to say though
http://www.wassco.com/mepssosy.html
Also if anyone can recommend a good DMM, right now I’m using a $10 Home depot one and it blows pretty bad. To take resistance or voltage I kind of have to guess as it will sit there and flash numbers over and over until I remove the leads. (ex it will say 5, then 7, then 9, then 3 etc when its really a steady 6 volts) it also gives me odd readings such as a mysterious 48mA present in the air (leads not touching anything) etc. Id like to spend less than 35 but I'm open to most suggestions (I don’t think I can justify a $170 FLUKE)