Weller Soldering Station

[bibilit]

Found this morning a Weller WEC-20 Soldering Station.

Was dirty, but complete, and only 5 €.

Tested, and working great.

Not mine on picture, but the same layout.

 

[Trash80toHP_Mini]

< insanely jealous >

Nice nab!

< /insanely jealous >

 

[coius]

Just like the one that was stolen out of my honda. Those are nice soldering station.

Looking around ebay, it seems the head units die on those. I am not sure if it's the transformer or what, but I just found a bunch of dead ones.

i am looking at replacing the one I lost with a hakko. I have a desoldering gun made by Hakko and it's nice. has a pump with a heated tip. The tip stays hot, and when you put it over the solder, it melts it and you squeeze the trigger and the pump sucks it up into a chamber.

Those are made like tanks. I suggest you get one of those as well. much better than braided or solder suckers.

It's about $300. Get the one from Japan, not the one from china. japan's are built better.

 

[mcdermd]

I have the same Hakko 808 desoldering gun. It's really nice for taking RAM slots and the like out.

I use a Weller WD-1 soldering station with a WSP-80 pencil. I love it. It's one of the best gifts my wife has bought for me!

I think uniserver uses a Hakko soldering station and really likes it.

 

[uniserver]

I think uniserver uses a Hakko soldering station

believe it or not i was going to buy that!!!!

I bought this station as a temporary, just to get me by.

So far i love it, in fact i bought another one i have 2.

Technically i have 3 because, I bought my wife one, to do these SMD electronics project kits with.

They are only 19.99, they are very rugged, the tip is quality, does not degrade.

http://www.microcenter.com/product/391342/Low-Cost_Soldering_Station

if my wife buys me a Hakko next december for my birthday i will not complain!

but for now these are working out quite well!

 

[krye]

Congrats on the conquest.

I've always wanted a Weller, but could never bring myself to drop the ~$200 on the model that I wanted. My wife picked up a Haako FX888 for me last Christmas. It was only $90 on Amazon and it has to be the best soldering iron I've ever used.

 

[insaneboy]

I'm a cheap ass. I got one like this

works better than the ole radio shack pencil. I just tinker with pre 80's audio gear, for that it works great. and the hot air is perfect for melting heat shrink tubes. :lol:

 

[mcdermd]

I need to get a hot air station at some point.

 

[olePigeon]

People tell me I'm full of hot air all the time!

 

[uniserver]

mcdermd you totally do need to get one man

techkinght was complaining about his cheaper Chinese one he has.( in one of his youtube vids )

The one where he removes the borns filter from a se/30 board.

Maybe spend a few bucks and have the wife get you a nicer one

 

[trag]

Looking around ebay, it seems the head units die on those. I am not sure if it's the transformer or what, but I just found a bunch of dead ones.

It'd be kind of ironic if they all have bad capacitors...

 

[CC_333]

It'd be kind of ironic if they all have bad capacitors...

The way this world seems to work, it probably is bad capacitors...
c

 

[Macdrone]

hmmm i may have to get one then.