On Sat, 1 Aug 2015, Robert Jarratt wrote:
Thanks for the suggestion, but Hakko appears not to be available in the
UK.
On ebay I can find US sellers and Chinese sellers. I suspect the Chinese
ones are
imitations, so I would prefer to avoid those.
Sorry - missed the UK part :)
On Mon, 3 Aug 2015, Sean Caron wrote:
When it comes to soldering, I usually recommend Hakko or Pace irons; I have
a Hakko 936 and it's a great all-rounder. The FX-888D seems to be their
recommended replacement for the 936 so I guess I will endorse that, if they
are making the new models as well
When it comes to soldering, I usually recommend Hakko or Pace irons; I have
a Hakko 936 and it's a great all-rounder. The FX-888D seems to be their
recommended replacement for the 936 so I guess I will endorse that, if they
are making the new models as well as they built the old ones (although IMO
Am 01.08.15 um 23:24 schrieb Robert Jarratt:
PS A related question. I struggled somewhat with the Weller Magnastat No. 8
tip, when trying to solder leads to the ground plane, I could not get the
solder to stay molten very long.
Wellers are notorious for this. I had to use various Weller irons
On 08/02/2015 10:51 AM, Jochen Kunz wrote:
Am 01.08.15 um 23:24 schrieb Robert Jarratt:
PS A related question. I struggled somewhat with the Weller Magnastat No. 8
tip, when trying to solder leads to the ground plane, I could not get the
solder to stay molten very long.
Wellers are notorious
Once I tried my first Metcal MX-500 series iron, I never went back. With proper
tip selection and technique, the same pencil iron will work for anything from
0201 components to PL-259 connectors. And it heats up and stabilizes in under
30 seconds from a cold start after a tip swap. I've spent a
On Aug 1, 2015, at 3:24 PM, Robert Jarratt robert.jarr...@ntlworld.com
wrote:
Thanks for the suggestion, but Hakko appears not to be available in the UK.
On ebay I can find US sellers and Chinese sellers. I suspect the Chinese ones
are imitations, so I would prefer to avoid those.
Sorry
On 2015-Aug-01, at 2:38 PM, Paul Koning wrote:
On Aug 1, 2015, at 5:24 PM, Robert Jarratt robert.jarr...@ntlworld.com
wrote:
PS A related question. I struggled somewhat with the Weller Magnastat No. 8
tip, when trying to solder leads to the ground plane, I could not get the
solder to stay
On 08/01/2015 04:24 PM, Robert Jarratt wrote:
Today I was able to repair the LCD monitor (admittedly a cheap one) on my
son's computer by replacing some of the electrolytic capacitors.
I repaired an LCD monitor that they were going to trash at
work. You had to massively disassemble it to
On Aug 1, 2015, at 2:24 PM, Robert Jarratt robert.jarr...@ntlworld.com
wrote:
PS A related question. I struggled somewhat with the Weller Magnastat No. 8
tip, when trying to solder leads to the ground plane, I could not get the
solder to stay molten very long. I was using lead-free solder,
On Aug 1, 2015, at 6:36 PM, TeoZ t...@neo.rr.com wrote:
I still use a bunch of lead solder I purchased to fix the RAM on a C64 back
in the late 1980's plus you can still get it from China on ebay super cheap.
Fortunately, real solder is still readily available; my current tools catalog
On Aug 1, 2015, at 6:49 PM, Brent Hilpert hilp...@cs.ubc.ca wrote:
...
As an example, I was trying to solder on the ground-plane of a 1970s (i.e.
leaded everything) Heath digital tuner recently (double-sided ground plane on
the PCB).
Old Weller 48W/700F/mag-temp-switch iron was not up
On 08/01/2015 03:24 PM, Robert Jarratt wrote:
PS A related question. I struggled somewhat with the Weller Magnastat
No. 8 tip, when trying to solder leads to the ground plane, I could
not get the solder to stay molten very long. I was using lead-free
solder, its melting point is much lower than
On Sat, 1 Aug 2015, Robert Jarratt wrote:
PS A related question. I struggled somewhat with the Weller Magnastat
No. 8 tip, when trying to solder leads to the ground plane, I could not
get the solder to stay molten very long. I was using lead-free solder,
its melting point is much lower than
At 05:24 PM 8/1/2015, Robert Jarratt wrote:
I suppose I now have at least some justification in the eyes of She Who Must
Be Obeyed for continuing with this hobby
One of the few benefits enjoyed by those of us who do not have a Hilda is that
we have no interference with our hobbies. :-)
Dale
On Aug 1, 2015, at 8:28 PM, Chuck Guzis ccl...@sydex.com wrote:
...
I never use RoHS solder--it simply doesn't wet or flow like 67/37 Sn/Pb
solder. The exception is SMT where components are mounted using solder paste
(powered solder+flux). If I could find some of the leaded stuff, I'd
On Aug 1, 2015, at 5:24 PM, Robert Jarratt robert.jarr...@ntlworld.com
wrote:
PS A related question. I struggled somewhat with the Weller Magnastat No. 8
tip, when trying to solder leads to the ground plane, I could not get the
solder to stay molten very long. I was using lead-free
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From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Paul Koning
Sent: 01 August 2015 22:39
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: This Hobby Is Actually Useful!
On Aug 1, 2015, at 5:24 PM, Robert Jarratt robert.jarr
snagged a desolding gun with vacuum pump for $100ish a few months back
and it works very well.
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From: Robert Jarratt
Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2015 6:26 PM
To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'
Subject: RE: This Hobby Is Actually Useful!
I did consider
Today I was able to repair the LCD monitor (admittedly a cheap one) on my
son's computer by replacing some of the electrolytic capacitors.
Had I not got into collecting and restoring (sometimes) old DEC machines, I
would not have had the ESR meter, the de-soldering and soldering equipment,
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McLaughlin
Sent: 01 August 2015 22:44
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: This Hobby Is Actually Useful!
On Aug 1, 2015, at 2:24 PM, Robert Jarratt robert.jarr
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McLaughlin
Sent: 01 August 2015 23:39
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: This Hobby Is Actually Useful!
On Aug 1, 2015, at 3:24 PM, Robert Jarratt
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