Re: Recommendations for solder temps and workstation
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You don't need to buy a new iron, though it would speed up your work a bit. The ideal soldering iron gets hot enough for the task at hand, and quickly reheats after soldering a joint; 60W lets you do that more quickly, and a low mass tip also helps with that speed. The important feature to look for when you're buying a new soldering tool is closed loop temperature control. That means that the tip can come up to temperature quickly while not getting so hot that it will damage your components. It has become much more affordable than it once was. You can build QRP Labs equipment without it, but if you're buying something new it's the way to go. The hot air part of those fancy soldering stations is for SMD work. It's a great thing to have for that, although some SMD work can be done with a normal iron. It's not very useful for work on through-hole parts, though it's sometimes useful for desoldering them. On Tue, Feb 25, 2025 at 11:20?AM Jim Brown via <jwbrown=[email protected]> wrote:
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Shirley Dulcey KE1L