--- In
Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, JanRwl@A... wrote:
> In a message dated 5/2/2004 10:24:20 PM Central Standard Time,
> jbeckham1@e... writes:
> What size (wattage) iron are you using and what kind of tip?
>
> For such as IC-pins and ¼W. resistors, a 15 Watt Ungar with iron-
plated 1/8"
> chisel-tip is fine. For such as where I want to solder a 6-32 or
larger
> screw-head to one side of a PCB, I use a 25 W. Ungar with an iron-
plated "stub"
> chisel tip. A "diamond-point" tip is useful, too. NO pure-copper
tips, as they
> simply dissolve-away in molten solder very quickly!
>
>
The irons I am using are 30 watt cone point, similar to the diamond
point and a 100 watt.
Seems I should get a quality iron and quit with the toy stuff.
The Ungar stuff I looked at on the Web was 700 deg, interchangable
tip stuff.
do you have any model numbers ? or series number ?
My wife's Weller is a Stained glass unit, I think it is a W100 model
with self contorlled temperature tips.
Dave