Jim Thompson wrote:

On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:34:53 -0700, "Paul Hovnanian P.E."
wrote:

Tim Wescott wrote:

On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:34:41 -0700, Jim Thompson wrote:

I have an absolutely ancient Weller WTCPN soldering station that is
disintegrating... it's probably at least 33 years old.

I don't have any need for surface mount sophistication.

What are people's thoughts on a cheapy replacement such as...

Weller WLC100 Soldering Station

...Jim Thompson

Fix it! That's what I did when mine fell apart, and I couldn't be
happier.

What kind of soldering station would you reccommend to do the repair
work?

It would cost more to re-cable, re-connector, replace the cracked
base, than to buy new.


Is the iron still good? I have a spare base (or more) but no irons
left. A so called 'engineer' recently bragged about throwing away about
35 irons that were intermittent. He was happy that the other irons
three worked. Sort of. Most of the time.


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