I tend to prefer my American Beauty model 3138 for light work. 73, Charlie k3ICH
-----Original Message----- From: Elecraft [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brendon Whateley Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2016 5:17 PM To: Edward R Cole <[email protected]> Cc: Elecraft Reflector Reflector <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] : Soldering station recommendation in preparation forbuilding a K1 Hi Edward, Do you do much SMD work? If so, what do you use for that? I'm thinking of getting a hot air rework station to make life easier with SMD, which seems to be the future. - Brendon KK6AYI On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 9:06 AM, Edward R Cole <[email protected]> wrote: > I have the genuine HAKKO FX-951 (ESD safe) solder station which is > essential for good soldering. It does cost double the other guys but > the "sleep" mode is very nice as tip temp is dropped to 450F when > solder iron is parked in its holder. It returns to 670F (temp fully > adjustable) a few seconds after I take the iron out of the holder. > This feature really extends life of the tips. Having a professional > station really makes my little business of building kits much better/easier. > > > 73, Ed - KL7UW > http://www.kl7uw.com > "Kits made by KL7UW" > Dubus Mag business: > [email protected] > > __________________________________________________ ____________ > 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 Message delivered to > [email protected] > __________________________________________________ ____________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
