On 11/13/18 7:38 AM, Mark J. Blair via cctalk wrote: > Instead, I use two pencil-type irons, one in each hand, working under > a stereo microscope. The tips are much better, and manipulating each > tip independently provides great control of what's going on. Only > drawback is that if you want to use a fancy, expensive iron, now you > get to buy two of them. If you're tempted by a soldering station with > two or more outputs, make sure that it can drive both simultaneously. > There are dual-output stations that have two outputs but can only run > one at a time, as well as ones which can drive two irons at once.
After seeing the video on the ZD-985 some years ago on Dave's EEVBlog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft50m8UU5WQ I've been wondering if it's a worthwhile tool. Does anyone have one of these things? --Chuck