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Re: [motm] Paul's DIY Advice

2001-08-17 by J G Wong

I got a Pace iron recently and it is the best iron I have ever touched. 
Under $200 heats up in seconds feels comfortable, lots of tips,  flow is
wonderful.  It's great

g wong

Jeffrey Pontius wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 16 Aug 2001 jpotter@... wrote:
> >  Comparing the quality of my soldering on
> > the MOTMs using the Weller WTCPT to the PAIA w/ a cheap $20 Radio
> > Shack iron is embarrasing.
> 
> > So anyway - the purpose of this note is to let anyone considering a
> > better soldering iron and better solder know that, yes, it's well
> > worth it.
> I can ID with JP on this.  Not that I'm an expert solderer (Paul S. gave
> me a C- (if I remember correctly) on one of my first kits).  Switching to
> a good soldering iron helped me out considerably; less frustrating, better
> solder joints (ok, I'm probably up to a C+ on Paul's scale), faster
> assembly - well worth the expense. Jeff

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