There are cheapie soldering irons made by almost everyone, including
Weller. The minimum Weller model is the WTCPT, the minimum Hakko is
whatever model is in that same price range. 73 de Alex NS6Y
On Apr 14, 2006, at 1:16 PM, Bob Nielsen wrote:
On Apr 14, 2006, at 12:40 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
The Pace and Edsyn soldering stations are in the $130 range. The OKI
(was
Metcal) soldering stations like the Wellers with front-panel
temperature
controls get up near $200. Of course, they all have special purpose
tools
that cost much, much more, but which do different things such as
provide far
higher heats one would ever use on a PCB (up to 1000F), desoldering
tools,
etc.
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