I'm probably going to get beat for this by other people on the list, but I use and am very happy with my Rat Shack 40W Pencil Iron and 40W De-soldering Iron. The soldering Iron runs about US$8.00 and the de-soldering iron is about US$11.00. I found that the tips last about 6 months for the soldering iron and a year or so for the de-soldering iron.... unless of course you have a not bright moment and leave it plugged in over night.....
-Ian Smith
To: argitoth@...; motm@yahoogroups.com
From: djxpat@...
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 17:17:15 -0800
Subject: Re: [motm] How do you organize 100 different parts!?
nice. how about some pics of the workbench...
i've assembled electronic kits (non-audio), but i've never ordered components from mouser or setup a proper workbench. i don't own a decent soldering iron. although i've watched plenty of youtube and IPC videos on soldering & desoldering every conceivable component, somehow i feel like i'm still missing something. thanks for asking all the questions i haven't gotten around to asking myself.
can anyone recommend a good long-lasting soldering iron that won't break the bank?
can anyone recommend a good long-lasting soldering iron that won't break the bank?
erik
From: Argitoth <argitoth@gmail. com>
To: motm@yahoogroups. com
Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 2009 6:56:55 PM
Subject: Re: [motm] How do you organize 100 different parts!?
damnit, this post didn't work and it's missing a question I had for all of you MOTM users. Let me repost this, hold on!
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 5:54 PM, argitoth <argitoth@gmail. com> wrote:How do you organize 100 different parts? Take a look at these images. The resistors you see on the floor are all resistors needed to complete the MOTM 800 and 190. This made it easier to decide how I should split up the resistors. By the way, I wrote in big all the resistances with a permanent marker to make it easier to see right away.
I got these plastic drawers and Big Lots.
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