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What tips fit a Circuit Specialists soldering station?

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?

grey89
June 7th, 2012, 08:43 PM
You may have to get the tips from csi.But be careful they sell two different kinds,Make sure the ones you get say that they are compatable for your station on there website..,And your right the conical wont even come close to melting on a pot..The 1/8 chisel tip,and its melts great,I never used the hakko so its possible that it might work..Is the tip your station came with hollowed out?

Deafen
June 7th, 2012, 10:03 PM
It's hollowed out to fit the heating element inside. Not sure if it's hollow beyond that, but in any case this isn't going to be much use (except for maybe soldering the tiny SMD chip onto the PCB for the Nixie clock). I guess I'll take the handle in to one of our local old-school electronics shops and see if they can help. We've still got a couple of those out here. Thanks for the reply.