11-25-2015, 10:45 AM
Thanks for the info guys. I seem to be having a lot of issues getting to a lot of websites with Thunderbird ever since the last updates I downloaded. The wife is having the same problem as well. If/when we find out what the issue is and hopefully correct it, I'll definitely have a read through the eeeblog site.
Arvid, your version of the Weller station is one I have been looking at (or the latest iteration anyway...) but the "barrel assembly" on the iron is one of my main gripes about the Weller. I'll have to have a closer look at the newest models. This is just for home use, and I'm not capable of doing any surface mount work, so it doesn't need to be anything exotic. I'm just tired of having to replace tips / barrels and such after only a half dozen uses. I imagine that is the reason that the place where I got them had tossed them in the dumpster. I managed to take parts from 3 units and put together one that worked.
Arvid, your version of the Weller station is one I have been looking at (or the latest iteration anyway...) but the "barrel assembly" on the iron is one of my main gripes about the Weller. I'll have to have a closer look at the newest models. This is just for home use, and I'm not capable of doing any surface mount work, so it doesn't need to be anything exotic. I'm just tired of having to replace tips / barrels and such after only a half dozen uses. I imagine that is the reason that the place where I got them had tossed them in the dumpster. I managed to take parts from 3 units and put together one that worked.
Willie