[sdiy] Cheap but reliable soldering iron

[Andre Majorel]

On 2012-11-10 13:32 +1100, Paul Perry wrote:

> > Something that has a temperature read-out and can be
> > adjusted low enough for other uses (E.G. melting plastic or
> > heating a component to check for thermal drift).
>
> It's not always a good idea to melt plastic with an iron -
> I have managed to ruin a few tips that way.
> I am not a metallurgist, but I suspect that the chlorine in PVC
> (for example) attacks the surface of the coated tip, in a permanent way.
> It isn't a coating, it is a definite structural change.

Thank you for the warning. This is where the "low enough" part
comes in. Probably lower than the usual 200 °C.

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André Majorel http://www.teaser.fr/~amajorel/