On Dec 4, 2008, at 9:19 AM, John Luciani wrote: >> 4. A GOOD soldering iron (with temp control,etc) > > Metcal SP200 from HMC Electronics ~ $220 (new). You could check ebay. Where did you find this for $220 new? The cheapest I was able to find was $309! I have a broken Hakko 936 that I'd like to replace with one of these if I can find one that cheap!