7970	2012-12-20 19:52:27	Ravi Miranda	Soldering station
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Hello Which soldering iron station - cost effective :D would be best for SMD work? Maplin has some stations and was wondering if Antex 12/15/18 Watts would suffice Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all. Ravi -- I'm here to add more value to the world than I'm using up. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
7972	2012-12-21 03:04:28	Leon Heller	Re: Soldering station

7973	2012-12-21 04:46:22	Thomas S. Knutsen	Re: Soldering station
The choose of an soldering tool for SMD components may be a bit difficult, since there are several processes used for soldering SMD. I'm going to assume you want an classical soldering iron, not hot air or reflow type soldering equipment? There are several soldering stations avaible that would be suitable for SMD work. I would reccomend you get an soldering station with temperature control, in order to have better control of the soldering process. As you didn't state where you live or any callsign, Its kind of difficult to give spesific reccomendations, so here are a couple of general ones: Weller WLC100 is avaible for approx $35 in the US. This have 5 temperature steps, but should be suitable for the casual SMD and hole mounted components. If you are doing a bit more soldering, I would reccomend an digital soldering station, perhaps Weller WD series, ERSA RDS80, Hakko FX-888. There are also some more inexpencive (chineese) versions that may work satisfactory. Prepare that the prices for most of those start at $100 and upwards. At one point you may want to have the addition of an de-soldering iron or hot air. At that point its time to choose if you should upgrade your soldering station to one of the larger re-work stations or if you should get separate units. Re-work stations are expencive, those I have found have started at $1000 When you have choosen your soldering tool, make sure you get some good tips (some chineese soldering stations can use weller tips I'm told) and some solder tip cleaner. An assortment of tips is neccesary for the different work most of us do. There is not an single rigth answer, it depends on your budget and what and how often you are going to use it. As SMD spans from large resistors and capacitors to BGA's and TFQ / QFN capsules, there are not an single answer to this, it all depends on your application. 73 es GL de Thomas LA3PNA. 2012/12/20 Ravi Miranda <ravimiranda@gmail.com> > ** > > > Hello > > Which soldering iron station - cost effective :D would be best for SMD > work? > > Maplin has some stations and was wondering if Antex 12/15/18 Watts would > suffice > > Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all. > > Ravi > > -- > I'm here to add more value to the world than I'm using up. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > -- Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See <http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html> PDF is an better alternative and there are always LaTeX! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
7974	2012-12-21 08:15:13	William	Re: Soldering station
I use the FX888 by Hakko. http://www.hakkousa.com/default.asp Bill N7EU
7975	2012-12-21 08:15:14	Ronald RiemVis	Re: Soldering station
Hello Ravi, Marry Christmas and Happy New Year for you too. SMD work can't be put in watts. Depends on what you want to solder or replace you need or a heathing unit with the feet size from the chip you want to treat, or a normal soldering iron for the chip resistors/capacitors/coils. A good tin sucker or litz wire will help you too in this. Greetings Ronald On 20 December 2012 17:19, Ravi Miranda <ravimiranda@gmail.com> wrote: > ** > > > Hello > > Which soldering iron station - cost effective :D would be best for SMD > work? > > Maplin has some stations and was wondering if Antex 12/15/18 Watts would > suffice > > Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all. > > Ravi > > -- > I'm here to add more value to the world than I'm using up. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
7976	2012-12-21 08:15:15	Ravi Miranda	Re: Soldering station
Hello I have narrowed down on this http://www.maplin.co.uk/60w-professional-lcd-solder-station-with-esd-protection-511927 thoughts? On 21 December 2012 12:45, Thomas S. Knutsen <la3pna@gmail.com> wrote: > The choose of an soldering tool for SMD components may be a bit difficult, > since there are several processes used for soldering SMD. I'm going to > assume you want an classical soldering iron, not hot air or reflow type > soldering equipment? > > There are several soldering stations avaible that would be suitable for SMD > work. I would reccomend you get an soldering station with temperature > control, in order to have better control of the soldering process. > > As you didn't state where you live or any callsign, Its kind of difficult > to give spesific reccomendations, so here are a couple of general ones: > > Weller WLC100 is avaible for approx $35 in the US. This have 5 temperature > steps, but should be suitable for the casual SMD and hole mounted > components. > > If you are doing a bit more soldering, I would reccomend an digital > soldering station, perhaps Weller WD series, ERSA RDS80, Hakko FX-888. > There are also some more inexpencive (chineese) versions that may work > satisfactory. Prepare that the prices for most of those start at $100 and > upwards. > > At one point you may want to have the addition of an de-soldering iron or > hot air. At that point its time to choose if you should upgrade your > soldering station to one of the larger re-work stations or if you should > get separate units. Re-work stations are expencive, those I have found have > started at $1000 > > When you have choosen your soldering tool, make sure you get some good tips > (some chineese soldering stations can use weller tips I'm told) and some > solder tip cleaner. An assortment of tips is neccesary for the different > work most of us do. > > There is not an single rigth answer, it depends on your budget and what and > how often you are going to use it. As SMD spans from large resistors and > capacitors to BGA's and TFQ / QFN capsules, there are not an single answer > to this, it all depends on your application. > > 73 es GL de > Thomas LA3PNA. > > > 2012/12/20 Ravi Miranda <ravimiranda@gmail.com> > > > ** > > > > > > Hello > > > > Which soldering iron station - cost effective :D would be best for SMD > > work? > > > > Maplin has some stations and was wondering if Antex 12/15/18 Watts would > > suffice > > > > Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all. > > > > Ravi > > > > -- > > I'm here to add more value to the world than I'm using up. > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. > See <http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html> > PDF is an better alternative and there are always LaTeX! > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- I'm here to add more value to the world than I'm using up. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]