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Soldering Station Recommendations
I just had a chance to use an ancient Hexacon TOT1002 to do capacitor
replacement on a motherboard where I was soldering in the middle of massive ground planes. I have a whole bunch of other irons and none of them could come close to getting that job done. Unfortunately, the Hexacon was buzzing like crazy and finally went dead. (I determined that the transformer and triac were good and then gave up. It's a simple board but there is an IC and I don't know the effect of a broken wire in the iron will cause. So I pretty much gave up on it.) I really liked it so was thinking find another one on eBay. Of course, then I read about the Hakko 936, Edsyn 971HA, and some Wellers. The Hexacon is insanely priced, but it sure is old school. Any suggestions? NOTE: I kept getting the feeling that the Hexacon was actually boosting the iron WHILE I was soldering that ground plane. I don't think, even though termostatically controlled, that any stations response time could be quick enough to boost power DURING a 2-3 second soldering. |
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Do you know what model it was?
Shawn D'Alimonte wrote: wrote: I don't think, even though termostatically controlled, that any stations response time could be quick enough to boost power DURING a 2-3 second soldering. In the engineering lab I used to work they had a Weller iron that responded pretty quickly. The power LED on the base was bi-colour. When the heat was on it was red, green when off. When you touched the iron to something you would see the duty cycle change right away. The small tip would heat pretty quickly (room temp to 900F in under a minute). ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= East/West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
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Looks like Hakko 936 maybe hard to beat: 30 second warmup time and
+-1 deg C temperature accuracy. They claim "lightning fast thermal recovery." (The Hexacon is +-10 deg F which is pretty slow. Xytronic & Edsyn are around +-6 deg F) wrote: I just had a chance to use an ancient Hexacon TOT1002 to do capacitor replacement on a motherboard where I was soldering in the middle of massive ground planes. I have a whole bunch of other irons and none of them could come close to getting that job done. Unfortunately, the Hexacon was buzzing like crazy and finally went dead. (I determined that the transformer and triac were good and then gave up. It's a simple board but there is an IC and I don't know the effect of a broken wire in the iron will cause. So I pretty much gave up on it.) I really liked it so was thinking find another one on eBay. Of course, then I read about the Hakko 936, Edsyn 971HA, and some Wellers. The Hexacon is insanely priced, but it sure is old school. Any suggestions? NOTE: I kept getting the feeling that the Hexacon was actually boosting the iron WHILE I was soldering that ground plane. I don't think, even though termostatically controlled, that any stations response time could be quick enough to boost power DURING a 2-3 second soldering. |
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Do you know what model it was? I don't remember the model and I don't work there anymore. It was fairly 'cheap' looking. All black with a built in iron and sponge holder. The temperature control was a sliding knob. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= East/West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
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On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 20:59:51 -0400, Shawn D'Alimonte
put finger to keyboard and composed: In the engineering lab I used to work they had a Weller iron that responded pretty quickly. The power LED on the base was bi-colour. When the heat was on it was red, green when off. Damn, I hate that! http://webexhibits.org/causesofcolor/2C.html "Approximately 5% to 8% of the men and 0.5% of the women of the world are born colorblind. That's as high as one out of twelve men and one out of two hundred women. People who are protans (red weak) and deutans (green weak) comprise 99% of this group." - Franc Zabkar -- Please remove one 's' from my address when replying by email. |
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NEVER NEVER go past a hakko.
Best iron, ever. wrote in message ... I just had a chance to use an ancient Hexacon TOT1002 to do capacitor replacement on a motherboard where I was soldering in the middle of massive ground planes. I have a whole bunch of other irons and none of them could come close to getting that job done. Unfortunately, the Hexacon was buzzing like crazy and finally went dead. (I determined that the transformer and triac were good and then gave up. It's a simple board but there is an IC and I don't know the effect of a broken wire in the iron will cause. So I pretty much gave up on it.) I really liked it so was thinking find another one on eBay. Of course, then I read about the Hakko 936, Edsyn 971HA, and some Wellers. The Hexacon is insanely priced, but it sure is old school. Any suggestions? NOTE: I kept getting the feeling that the Hexacon was actually boosting the iron WHILE I was soldering that ground plane. I don't think, even though termostatically controlled, that any stations response time could be quick enough to boost power DURING a 2-3 second soldering. |
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Any comments on Hexacon stuff?
The reason I ask is that I have a real sentimental/nostalgic link to Hexacon: I spent many summers at my aunt & uncle's in Roselle Park where they lived about 1 block from Hexacon and my uncle worked for them for a number of years. wrote: I just had a chance to use an ancient Hexacon TOT1002 to do capacitor replacement on a motherboard where I was soldering in the middle of massive ground planes. I have a whole bunch of other irons and none of them could come close to getting that job done. Unfortunately, the Hexacon was buzzing like crazy and finally went dead. (I determined that the transformer and triac were good and then gave up. It's a simple board but there is an IC and I don't know the effect of a broken wire in the iron will cause. So I pretty much gave up on it.) I really liked it so was thinking find another one on eBay. Of course, then I read about the Hakko 936, Edsyn 971HA, and some Wellers. The Hexacon is insanely priced, but it sure is old school. Any suggestions? NOTE: I kept getting the feeling that the Hexacon was actually boosting the iron WHILE I was soldering that ground plane. I don't think, even though termostatically controlled, that any stations response time could be quick enough to boost power DURING a 2-3 second soldering. |
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wrote in message ... I just had a chance to use an ancient Hexacon TOT1002 to do capacitor replacement on a motherboard where I was soldering in the middle of massive ground planes. I have a whole bunch of other irons and none of them could come close to getting that job done. Unfortunately, the Hexacon was buzzing like crazy and finally went dead. (I determined that the transformer and triac were good and then gave up. It's a simple board but there is an IC and I don't know the effect of a broken wire in the iron will cause. So I pretty much gave up on it.) I really liked it so was thinking find another one on eBay. Of course, then I read about the Hakko 936, Edsyn 971HA, and some Wellers. The Hexacon is insanely priced, but it sure is old school. Any suggestions? NOTE: I kept getting the feeling that the Hexacon was actually boosting the iron WHILE I was soldering that ground plane. I don't think, even though termostatically controlled, that any stations response time could be quick enough to boost power DURING a 2-3 second soldering. Ive had an XYtronics thing thrown into my tool kits for years, its been good to me, tho its giving me jip at the moment, the cable to the iron has gone intermittent... Anyone know where I can get 5core silicon heat resistant flex??... Dave W. |
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"Craig Hart" wrote in message ...
NEVER NEVER go past a hakko. Best iron, ever. wrote in message ... I just had a chance to use an ancient Hexacon TOT1002 to do capacitor replacement on a motherboard where I was soldering in the middle of massive ground planes. I have a whole bunch of other irons and none of them could come close to getting that job done. Unfortunately, the Hexacon was buzzing like crazy and finally went dead. (I determined that the transformer and triac were good and then gave up. It's a simple board but there is an IC and I don't know the effect of a broken wire in the iron will cause. So I pretty much gave up on it.) I really liked it so was thinking find another one on eBay. Of course, then I read about the Hakko 936, Edsyn 971HA, and some Wellers. The Hexacon is insanely priced, but it sure is old school. Any suggestions? NOTE: I kept getting the feeling that the Hexacon was actually boosting the iron WHILE I was soldering that ground plane. I don't think, even though termostatically controlled, that any stations response time could be quick enough to boost power DURING a 2-3 second soldering. Have you tried a Metcal?. Metcal is melting solder in 7 seconds. Got mine on Ebay for $125. Metcal is a 13 MHz transmitter working into a soldering tip that only absorbs power when its below temp. After using a Metcal, everything else seems like a 'tusk'. GG |
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Solomon SL-20 here!
Amazing soldering station, better than most Wellers. wrote in message ... I just had a chance to use an ancient Hexacon TOT1002 to do capacitor replacement on a motherboard where I was soldering in the middle of massive ground planes. I have a whole bunch of other irons and none of them could come close to getting that job done. Unfortunately, the Hexacon was buzzing like crazy and finally went dead. (I determined that the transformer and triac were good and then gave up. It's a simple board but there is an IC and I don't know the effect of a broken wire in the iron will cause. So I pretty much gave up on it.) I really liked it so was thinking find another one on eBay. Of course, then I read about the Hakko 936, Edsyn 971HA, and some Wellers. The Hexacon is insanely priced, but it sure is old school. Any suggestions? NOTE: I kept getting the feeling that the Hexacon was actually boosting the iron WHILE I was soldering that ground plane. I don't think, even though termostatically controlled, that any stations response time could be quick enough to boost power DURING a 2-3 second soldering. |
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