Deafen
June 7th, 2012, 11:29 AM
Hey all. On recommendation of several folks around here, I bought a 60W soldering station from Circuit Specialists (https://www.circuitspecialists.com/csi-station-60w.html). Fired it up to do some guitar rewiring last night, and discovered that it came with a small conical tip, and I had to really work the thing to get good heat transfer. And even at max temp, soldering to the back of new pots was a royal pain.
So obviously I need a chisel tip, the bigger the better, in order to make this thing really useful. I've got a couple projects on deck (a mod kit for my BD-2, and a Nixie tube clock), and if I have to do them with this tiny, cold conical tip I'll lose my mind.
The issue is that CSI is across the country from me, and their shipping costs are very high. So I'd like to know what other brands of tips will fit this iron, maybe that I could pick up locally. It appears to be a clone of the Hakko 907, but I can't say for sure because I've never seen one up close and personal.
Thoughts?
So obviously I need a chisel tip, the bigger the better, in order to make this thing really useful. I've got a couple projects on deck (a mod kit for my BD-2, and a Nixie tube clock), and if I have to do them with this tiny, cold conical tip I'll lose my mind.
The issue is that CSI is across the country from me, and their shipping costs are very high. So I'd like to know what other brands of tips will fit this iron, maybe that I could pick up locally. It appears to be a clone of the Hakko 907, but I can't say for sure because I've never seen one up close and personal.
Thoughts?
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