MOTM

Is something acting as a heat sink in the area? Seems unlikely, but...
 
Either that or the thermostat is going in your iron. My Weller is 16 years
old and hasn't failed but I hear it happens.
 
 
Ken Tkacs

-----Original Message-----
From: Brousseau, Paul E (Paul) [mailto:noise@...] 
 
...It feels like I couldn't get the braided wire hot enough to meld with the
solder.  At one point, though, one of the braids become brittle and snapped
as I flexed it.  Surely this isn't very good.  I had my (cheap Radio Shack)
soldering iron set to "high", which has consistantly worked in the past...

You will not regret getting a decent iron!
 
They say "only a bad craftsman blames his tools," but lets face it-bad tools
suck! When I moved from my Radio Shack soldering pencil to a decent Weller
station, my work went from "butchery" to "awesome" instantly. I was like,
"It wasn't ME!!"
 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Brousseau, Paul E (Paul) [mailto:noise@...] 


 
 
...I think I'll take Paul S.'s suggestion, and ask Santa for a nice Weller
for xmas.