I've had this for some time and have never used it as yet. However, I have been persuaded by Dumdee Paul to give it a go on my upcoming MOK Q1 build. Not likely I say. So ......... This is the beast. A soldering station rated at 60 watts. I am going to set it up tonight and give it a twirl. Some of the potential benefits of using this over some of my standard Amtex 40w and 80w irons are as follows. Much more lightweight More compact size for handling and dexterity A sufficient 60 watts of power deliverable and useable to significantly sized target pieces Fast " recovery " time of heat to the tip Potential downsides Each tip change to a different variant needs to be individually selected from an onboard library of tip types. You need to remember that if the useage changes with tip type .... say from soldering brass to white metal, you need to remember to adjust the temperature on the control panel. The initial learning curve of useage when you are trying to get your confidence up with the commencement of a fresh kit. So ...... my thoughts are that due to the lighter weight and more nimbleness of the iron, it would be worth a few trial specimen solder exercises ahead of starting my Q1 on Saturday and if I get the confidence that it is up to the job without any compromises, I'll use it on the new build. If not ........ I will use a combination of my 80w Antex beast and some of my other contraptions. My main concern is sufficient heat delivery to larger pieces and a good recovery time. I dont want to be waiting any length of time to get sufficient heat back to the top between soldering tasks. I'll report my findings back later this evening once I have the station set up ready for tests. Might even have a photo or two to accompany it. Cheers for now Toto
Toto, you are better to keep separate soldering iron bits for different temperature solders rather than using one bit for different temperature solders ie, don't 'contaminate' a bit with different solders due to different tin/lead or other alloy constituents. Keith.
Replacement handles can be got from Aliexpress T12 Handles I use a seperate handle and tip for white metal
I'll go for that. Soldering tips can get seriously mucked up swapping between the various types of solder. These replacement / additional irons are relatively cheap. One us very conveniently coloured white as well. ....... white metal ..... should be able to correlate the reference there when I come to remembering which I use for what type. .... cant get much simpler ...... can it ..... Toto
As your other handle is blue with a yellow end, just wondering if the colour coding is Blue for the language being used during it's use, or yellow for the streak at switching on and starting the build Paul
