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Subject: Re: Hand-soldering competition

From: "designer_craig" <cs6061@...>
Date: 2011-07-29

Been using a metcal for many years it a sweet machine. Just don't melt plastic with the tips or try and file them.

Got chewed out big time by one of our assembly gals for melting plastic with here favorite tip, lets say I never did that again.

Craig

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, DJ Delorie <dj@...> wrote:
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> > Indeed. That's the station I have, but getting there is not half the
> > fun...
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> Scratch that, I have the MX-1. Still, the Metcals are ∗sweet∗.
>