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need a new soldering gun/pen....please...help..
Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2013 1:15 pm
by Uncle Grandfather
lazy question but I know I'll get better results asking here than some random web search.
I need a new soldering iron. had some old soldering gun my dad gave me years ago that finally went kaput. also have had the cheap radio shack pen versions but they always seem to give up the ghost too soon.
any recommendations or suggestions or what to look for. I've got an otl tube amp i'm building and need something that's going to work without getting too hot...or any other concern that I don't realize I should have.
Thanks

Re: need a new soldering gun/pen....please...help..
Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2013 5:50 pm
by trace
Re: need a new soldering gun/pen....please...help..
Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2013 6:54 pm
by Uncle Grandfather
Thank you kindly good sir

Re: need a new soldering gun/pen....please...help..
Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2013 8:01 pm
by Jeff-7
Got one of these a while ago and lurv it, if you want to shell out another 40-50 bones they have a digital one as well, but I'm poor so I nabbed the analog.
http://www.amazon.com/Weller-WES51-Anal ... ller+wes51

Re: need a new soldering gun/pen....please...help..
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2013 9:02 am
by Gone Fission
I have one like this. It's really enough for me since I'm not in production or anything. A finer tip than the stock one can be handy for pedal stuff, but the stock one will do.
Re: need a new soldering gun/pen....please...help..
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2013 11:35 am
by Uncle Grandfather

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No production, just an otl tube guitar amp. Its all point to point. Pretty sweet, 50 watts with four 6as7g power tubes, two 12at7s driver tubes and a 6sn7. Preamp uses six 12at7 and one 6sn7 loop cathode follower. Uses four 8" Jensen Vintage ceramics in series.
Re: need a new soldering gun/pen....please...help..
Posted: Thu Dec 26, 2013 6:38 pm
by osbornkt
Can't go wrong with the weller!
Never fails.
Re: need a new soldering gun/pen....please...help..
Posted: Thu Dec 26, 2013 6:42 pm
by skullservant