Hakko FX951 Professional Thermally Controlled Soldering Station & Soldering Iron with Tip Set Kit – Compact 75W High Power - Interchangeable Composite Tips – 91 Varieties (5 Included) - UK Plug

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In fact, the T12 is so good, I use it for soldering SMA connectors too, while when I was using the FX-888 as my main station, I had to switch to a soldering gun for that. Changing tips, I see the airgap and there's the problem - you can't get good heat transfer that way, for both the sensor or the heater. Perhaps the components to solder selected by the seller not where the best option, but all connectors that I did solder with the Pace at showroom took the same time and effort than with the 951 and most the same time than the 888D.

The T15 Series includes almost 100 varieties of tip shape and size covering any soldering or rework application. Batter Fly has been present for years within the MePa, the electronic market of the public administration. One of the clones I bought was the same exact one he raved about, just to see how cool these magic beans were.

Add fact that T18 tip is twice the mass, and they all go roughly to same max temp of more or less 480C with roughly similar wattage rating, if/when push comes to shove, I will not be inclined to think the T12 clones can do much than the 888 cannot. Lowest temp, longest wet time, least cleaning of the tip, and minimal need to make adjustments when encountering more demanding joints. But if you solder more than 3 or 4 hours a day definitively I go for the option of a 951 or a new Metcal without any doubt. It definitely takes about twice as long, but that greater mass in the tip is working FOR you once it reaches temp. Adjustable temperature control with Temperature range 50°C to 480°C (120°F to 899°F), Digital display shows °F or °C, Maintains idle temperature within 1.

The printed circuit board I’ll be using shortly was salvaged from another project which used less than a third of the space. I've been bitten by a well regarded cheap soldering station before and regretted not spending a bit more on a decent and proven station.In this article I’ll cover what I upgraded to and from, then conclude with using the new tools to rebuild a prototyped circuit onto a printed circuit board (as shown in the image on the left). It uses a special handpiece made of aluminum and the station and stand are all metal construction nothing matches it for a couple of hundred bucks. And I DID NOT MAX out either iron, so I don't know which iron can solder a larger tire lug when you peg the iron to max temp. Slightly modified the circuit, using only a 1 kΩ pull-up resistor on the NMOS NOR gate, and pulling it up to +5V instead of +3.