Time to get...

[sasaki kojiro]

...off my butt.

[Wardsweb]

I like your choice of iron.

[millerdog]

:eek:

[gonefishin]

Dang...look at you guys!

[Thatch_Ear]

There is nothing like some real heat to get those solder joints great! I have a much older model of the same brand. It has made a major difference in the quality of my solder joints. It is like a surgeon with a scapel or a pocket knife. Both will cut and if you are very good the same job, but an ordinary soldrering iron just makes the job harder and not as neat. Lots of heat means quicker and better solder joints.

[millerdog]

Hmmmmm....what are you up to sk?
inquiring minds want to know:)
md

[sasaki kojiro]

Originally posted by millerdog
Hmmmmm....what are you up to sk?
inquiring minds want to know:)
md

I'm not sure yet.

[Lefty]

"I'm not sure yet."

Reminds me of the saying:

It's suprizing when a man has a new hammer, how many things start looking like nails... ;)

Lefty

[timoteus]

I also use a Hakko 936 and really like it. The iron has a nice ergonomic feel to it and puts out plenty of heat when you need it. Is that a Fi X in the background?

BTW, are you the same Sasaki Kojiro that dueled with Miyamoto Musashi in 1612?:dunno: :D

[Rob]

Sometimes it takes a man sized + iron for a man sized + job. Choose your weapon of choice. From bottom to top. 100 watt American Beauty. 300 watt American Beauty, 550 watt American Beauty. When I worked for the telephone company I used an iron identical to the 100 watt for terminating cables, day in and day out inside plant, among other things. I now have one here for whatever. I used the 300 watt to solder a vertical blocking transformer to the steel chassis of a vintage Admiral TV. Haven't used the 500 watter yet. Got these at great prices at hamfests. That 300 watter is like brand new with a new 1" plated tip. I'll bet an iron like that is several hundred dollars now easy. Before I got these I bought new a Weller 80 watt and a Weller 100 watt. Both of those get fairly regular use in my shop. The Weller 60 watt temperature controlled WTCP soldering station is my mainstay for chassis wiring and general electronics building and repair.

Rob

[Thatch_Ear]

I have a couple of the big boys myself. You can use them to solder over holes in sheet metal and all kinds of fun things. I actually used one to solder closed holes in a gas tank so that I could use a liquid liners to reseal the thing in an antique car. Heat is for more than cooking over!

[sasaki kojiro]

Originally posted by timoteus

BTW, are you the same Sasaki Kojiro that dueled with Miyamoto Musashi in 1612?:dunno: :D

Yes, one and the same. Don't believe the movie. I won.

Can anyone recommend a thirdhand tool?