Adjustable temperature (ºC): 100 - 500
48W
Includes stand with integrated cleaning sponge, replacement soldering tip and 2 x 10g reels of solder
With handy drawer to store accessories
Top comments
Halloway
14 Jan 1610#2
I wouldn't be soldering over an exposed dining room table like that...
repouk
14 Jan 166#4
The fumes are the best thing about soldering :smile:
:man:
powerbrick
14 Jan 164#6
bet he's not even tinned that wire.
Cackles
14 Jan 163#12
Yup, there are a number of things wrong with this. The most notable being:
A clean ironed white t-shirt.
Absolutely cooking everything (look at the shiny new station and the marks up the iron).
He seems to be balling rather than heating the components and letting capillary action do its job.
Dropping solder balls on the nice polished work surface.
He isn't wearing specs due to eyestrain.
He is wearing goggles, just in case he hits zero gravity.
If he needs goggles he needs gloves, for when you get to a fiddly bit and forget totally it is not a pencil type object you are holding, but in fact a skin searing heat source.
No curtains on the windows.
Someone put a 'While Stocks Last!' poster on his wall.
Did I take that too far?
Anyways, as long as the base and the element are good you can use decent tips and worst case scenario you replace the entire iron with an on sale good one.
Latest comments (19)
thepharmacist
27 Jan 16#19
thank you op, purchased, now to make sure i hold the right end!!!
Neo-uk
26 Jan 16#18
Are soldering fumes bad for you then ?
adamalport
14 Jan 161#11
Although I've worked 30 years in the electronics industry and should have known better, I bought one of these. On first use the tip disintegrated
Shengis to adamalport
23 Jan 16#17
Yep, junk. I've got an Antex thats over 25 years old and still on its original tip.....
fishmaster
15 Jan 161#16
I know the feelling.
Cackles
15 Jan 16#15
I got bored and have way too much free time on my hands :smiley:
Cackles
14 Jan 163#12
Yup, there are a number of things wrong with this. The most notable being:
A clean ironed white t-shirt.
Absolutely cooking everything (look at the shiny new station and the marks up the iron).
He seems to be balling rather than heating the components and letting capillary action do its job.
Dropping solder balls on the nice polished work surface.
He isn't wearing specs due to eyestrain.
He is wearing goggles, just in case he hits zero gravity.
If he needs goggles he needs gloves, for when you get to a fiddly bit and forget totally it is not a pencil type object you are holding, but in fact a skin searing heat source.
No curtains on the windows.
Someone put a 'While Stocks Last!' poster on his wall.
Did I take that too far?
Anyways, as long as the base and the element are good you can use decent tips and worst case scenario you replace the entire iron with an on sale good one.
fishmaster to Cackles
15 Jan 16#14
I'm guessing you spent too much time on this.
Rys_Ochodzki
14 Jan 16#13
well er not a weller
thepharmacist
14 Jan 16#10
I need one!, will have to wait....
MazingerZ
14 Jan 162#9
I soldered on everything. Heck I soldered on a bed. Yes it was carastrophic.
solidamber
14 Jan 16#8
Hot:)
powerbrick
14 Jan 164#6
bet he's not even tinned that wire.
jimmybo to powerbrick
14 Jan 163#7
And when his partner walks in - as the solder is sliding over the un tinned wire and trickling on to the highly polished table - it will be "Apocalypse Now"!
jimmybo
14 Jan 162#5
"Do you smell that? It's solder, son. Nothing else on the world smells like that. I love the smell of solder in the morning. It smells like victory."
repouk
14 Jan 166#4
The fumes are the best thing about soldering :smile:
:man:
Halloway
14 Jan 1610#2
I wouldn't be soldering over an exposed dining room table like that...
veedubjai to Halloway
14 Jan 161#3
Look at the fumes he's breathing in. Hope he's got the windows opened. At least he's sensible to wear eye goggles. You can't be too careful these days with H&S.:laughing:
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Opening post
48W
Includes stand with integrated cleaning sponge, replacement soldering tip and 2 x 10g reels of solder
With handy drawer to store accessories
Top comments
:man:
A clean ironed white t-shirt.
Absolutely cooking everything (look at the shiny new station and the marks up the iron).
He seems to be balling rather than heating the components and letting capillary action do its job.
Dropping solder balls on the nice polished work surface.
He isn't wearing specs due to eyestrain.
He is wearing goggles, just in case he hits zero gravity.
If he needs goggles he needs gloves, for when you get to a fiddly bit and forget totally it is not a pencil type object you are holding, but in fact a skin searing heat source.
No curtains on the windows.
Someone put a 'While Stocks Last!' poster on his wall.
Did I take that too far?
Anyways, as long as the base and the element are good you can use decent tips and worst case scenario you replace the entire iron with an on sale good one.
Latest comments (19)
A clean ironed white t-shirt.
Absolutely cooking everything (look at the shiny new station and the marks up the iron).
He seems to be balling rather than heating the components and letting capillary action do its job.
Dropping solder balls on the nice polished work surface.
He isn't wearing specs due to eyestrain.
He is wearing goggles, just in case he hits zero gravity.
If he needs goggles he needs gloves, for when you get to a fiddly bit and forget totally it is not a pencil type object you are holding, but in fact a skin searing heat source.
No curtains on the windows.
Someone put a 'While Stocks Last!' poster on his wall.
Did I take that too far?
Anyways, as long as the base and the element are good you can use decent tips and worst case scenario you replace the entire iron with an on sale good one.
:man: