I've used Metcal MX-500 series since 2000 - love Metcal stuff (use the desoldering, tweezer & rework stuff too) and the nice thing about the MX-500s is that they're all discrete and the schematics are available, so they can be easily repaired. The MX-5200 is micro-processor controlled, so hope I never have to try to fix that.
The MX-RM3E hand-pieces from the MX-500 series still work with the new MX-5200 stuff, but obviously only up to 40W rather than the 80W available with the new MX-H2-UF (ultra-fine) and MX-H1-AV (standard) hand-pieces with associated bits. I do stuff down to 0603 by hand - 0402 is getting tricky and is done by IR reflow. No really for nixies - I do mostly ultra-low-power IoT stuff mainly... and the occasional nixie clock... Nick -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/ae9c7b22-f587-479e-a0be-35892f50ffa2%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
