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MaggieL · 10-15-2006, 06:43 PM

We have several inexpensive soldering irons. But when I built my K2:

They recommended a temperature-controlled soldering station. Kind of expensive.

Soldering has always been my bane, but I've discovered that keeping the joint (and iron) clean is an absolute requrement for making a good joint...and the correct temperature is a close second.

That said, for projects of the complexity you're contemplating, simpler is probably better. A Weller station like mine isn't cheap.

Good information here.

10-15-2006, 06:43 PM	#9
MaggieL in the Hour of Scampering Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia) Posts: 4,060	We have several inexpensive soldering irons. But when I built my K2: They recommended a temperature-controlled soldering station. Kind of expensive. Soldering has always been my bane, but I've discovered that keeping the joint (and iron) clean is an absolute requrement for making a good joint...and the correct temperature is a close second. That said, for projects of the complexity you're contemplating, simpler is probably better. A Weller station like mine isn't cheap. Good information here. __________________ "Neither can his Mind be thought to be in Tune,whose words do jarre; nor his reason In frame, whose sentence is preposterous..."