Wayne -
OK, your solder station is a new OEM model from Circuit Specialists, that has been recently introduced. It is a micro-processor controlled station (temperature controlled) .. at an attractive price. Does it use the same soldering tips as the Hakko 907 pencil ?? -- I am aware of Circuit Specialists in Arizona. They have previously have sold OEM product manufactured in Eastern Asia (Solomon in Taiwan, Aoyue, others), based on Hakko 926 / 936 designs from Japan. Earlier OEM models (no longer offered) were direct copies of Hakko -- which prompted litigation against those firms (China has been slow in protecting or respecting patents, copyrights, etc.) Your soldering iron pencil / iron is modeled after the Hakko 907 iron (ceramic heater) .... and used by many Eastern mfg. This ceramic heater design perfected by the Japanese (heavy gov't R&D for auto industry originally) and the ceramic heater in soldering pencils was first seen with Ungar models made in USA (California) in 1980s. Hakko USA - Hakko 936-12 that uses 907 pencil/handpiece http://www.hakkousa.com/detail.asp?CID=49,112&PID=1250&Page=1 Hakko recently discontinued the 936 model. List of discontinued Hakko models: http://www.hakko.com/english/discontinue/index.html ==== Greg w9gb ---- IF I remember correctly, many of these are Hakko clones > Greg, It's a Circuit Specialists house brand: > > http://www.circuitspecialists.com/prod.itml/icOid/10369 > > When I take off the tip and expose the element, it's glowing a dull > orange. If I blow on it, it glows brighter. When I stop blowing, it > goes back to dull orange. That's the only direct evidence I have that > it is temperature controlled. It's no Cadillac, and reprogramming the > presets is maddening, but it seems to work. At least, I'm making > acceptable joints with it. No cold joints, most joints have the proper > concave filet (a few might be just a wee bit convex, but no big balls of > solder in any case), and full coverage of the pad. I've got that "one > to three second" temperature dialed in. >> Wayne Conrad ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
