[Coco] Soldering Irons

[James C. Hrubik]

Richard, I have an SP80L that you can borrow.  It supposedly will hit 900 degrees.  The tip that it came with is for GP soldering; it is 3/8” diameter with 4 faces and it worked for removing caps from my Mac motherboard.  Have not been able to find a conical tip for it but I do have the 3/8 and 1/4 chisel tips.  Once the silver solder was out I used the 15/30 Radio Shack to install the new caps with regular solder.

Call me tomorrow afternoon if you want to borrow it.

On Nov 4, 2017, at 5:59 PM, Richard E. Crislip <rcrislip at neo.rr.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 4 Nov 2017 00:41:01 -0400
> rcrislip <rcrislip at neo.rr.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hello, What would be a good soldering iron for circuit board work?
>> What heat, watts, Brand, etc. TIA
>> 
> 
> Thanks to all who replied. I should have mentioned that I currently own
> a Weller SP23 25w 120v Solder Iron. The tip is well used and too bulky
> for the job I was trying to do. I was trying to resolder a power
> interface on my grandson's Gameboy and could get the tip under a
> obstruction. I have also fought not enough heat with this unit. I also
> have a Daulheat Iron I bought from the Shack, it's a 15/30w unit. Also
> tips seem to be an issue.
> 
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