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x-tronic 4000 soldering station

Need to buy soldering station, after reviewing a few including Hakko, Atten, Weller came at X-tronic 4000, this one out there includes the hot air gun as well, magnifying lamp, quite a few tips. Temp range from 150C which is suites me, I need 180C to work with WBT solder. Any experience on this from DIY folks would be great, anything I should be concerned about...
Thank you

Avs9 (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

04-22-12

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04-22-12 Actually the solder iron is minimum 200c, i am afraid this i ... Avs9

04-22-12 Weller makes about the best there is as far as soldering sta ... Pbnaudio

04-22-12 Avs9 - i'm not sure why you need station and not the solderi ... Kijanki

04-22-12 Kijanki - thank you a lot for the response. no surface moun ... Avs9

04-22-12 Avs9, hot air gun might be usefull for shrink tubing. i us ... Kijanki

04-26-12 If you are using wbt 0800(4% ag); the melting point is 178/1 ... Rodman99999

04-26-12 Rodman99999, you should not solder at 180degc. proper tempe ... Kijanki

04-26-12 Like i said, i've been soldering at slightly above the temp ... Rodman99999

04-26-12 These days for hobbiest use i wouldn't over-invest in this a ... Dgarretson

04-26-12 Rodman99999, yes i used this solder at exactly 700degf and i ... Kijanki

04-26-12 Maybe i'm missing something here? kester and wbt solders ar ... Rodman99999

04-26-12 Rodman99999, can you post link to recommendation from wbt - ... Kijanki

04-27-12 Mr k- actually; i've never seen any recommendations regardi ... Rodman99999

04-27-12 Rodman99999, next time i'll try 550. teflon can be really b ... Kijanki

04-27-12 Mr k- absolutely not the kind of thing i want, hanging in th ... Rodman99999

04-27-12: Kijanki
Rodman99999, My all cables are either Teflon or foam Teflon insulated. We use at work very thin Teflon insulated wires. It is very difficult to strip ends without nicking wire.

Thanks for the links. Overheated Teflon is really scary. We had two larks that died one after another, bought for our daughter when she was young. The only explanation that comes to mind is common usage at the time of new wonder "Teflon Frying Pan". Our daughter also had constant upper respiratory problems that suddenly stopped when we got rid of Teflon. Now I use mostly cast iron wok seasoned to black non stick layer of carbon and ceramic coated pans. As dielectric, on the other hand, it is perfect. My interconnect have oversized tubes made of foam Teflon - dielectric constant likely close to 1. Capacitance: 5pF/ft.

Getting back to soldering - I would also make sure to use ventilated area or at least small fan that blows fumes sideways. Washing hands is necessary after touching led.
Kijanki (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

05-12-12 I have a hakko temp controled fm-202 soldering station and j ... Dhl93449