Bob - IF you are looking for ANY Weller parts, contact me -- I will be happy to help or just advise. Read the eHam.net forum and ASK questions HERE, OR send me a personal e-mail.
So tidbits, not yet mentioned. 1. The Weller WLC100 (orange station) is an OEM light dimmer and ungrounded iron. NOT ESD, Grounded or Temperature controlled. I do not recommend for Elecraft K1 or K2 builders. 2. The Haako 936-12 while widely popular (and copied/clones by every mfg. in China) -- has been discontinued by Haako earlier this year! http://www.hakko.com/english/discontinue/index.html It has been replaced by the new Haako FX-888 http://www.hakko.com/english/products/hakko_fx888.html 3. The Weller WES-51 and WESD-51 are very good stations and use the same ET tips that were used with the Weller "EC" series (1975-2002) 4. Aouye is one of the better known Haako clone makers from China. The Chinese ceramic heaters are not as good as the Japanese original product from Haako (The Chinese have yet to perfect quality control at Japanese levels -- so keep that in mind if you purchase that route). I have a demo WSD81 soldering station (WSP80 iron) with the hard to find base programmer that I would like to pass on to an Elecraft builder. IF you have a broken Weller unit, I do have documentation and parts for the older TCP units (e.g. SFA-1 springs and funnels for original PU-1 units) -- documentation can be found on BAMA from my library. Lastly, in 1957 Carl Weller, founder of Weller Electric wrote in his US Patent application the foundation and definition for temperature controlled soldering. It is freely available US document for any citizen to read and understand. For the Metcal/OKI crowd -- the OKI stations are based upon Carl's Magnetic Switch (Magnistat) works and acknowledges his 3 patents in their products as well as an earlier 1905 US patent for induction heating - the foundation for their RF/induction tip heating method. Greg w9gb ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron D'Eau Claire" <r...@cobi.biz> To: <riese-k3...@juno.com>; <Elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2010 11:20 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] soldering station > The Weller WES51 and the Aoyue 937 were both highly recommended (I don't > have experience with either. I use a Hakko 936, also an excellent > soldering > station). The Hakko has a grounded tip. I don't know whether the others > are > isolated or grounded. > > I note that Amazon.com has a sale going on featuring the WES51 and Aoyue > 937. Don't know how competitive the prices are overall - I didn't check > other sites. > > Ron AC7AC > > -----Original Message----- > > Gang > > last week there was a thread on soldering stations,, before I ordered one > I lost a week of e mail... I dont want to start the thread again but > could > someone off list give me a head up on the recommended station > I believe it had an isolated tip etc > > Bob K3DJC > > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
