[sdiy] Soldering Iron Recomendations

[Matthew Smith]

Quoth Graham Atkins at 30/03/11 04:06...
...
> Multicore make something as well just called "Tip Cleaner". It  
> consists of chemicals and powdered solder designed to strip the burned  
> on flux and tin the bit in one operation. Too much use will also  
> reduce tip life.

"Too much use will also reduce tip life" - aha, I use it all the time 
because it's so inconvenient. Wonder if that's what killed my last bit.

All this discussion has made me decide to get myself a Hakko FX-880 next 
financial month and just keep my ancient Antex as a spare.

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Matthew Smith

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