My new soldering iron..

[Mazz]

Not the most interesting of threads i know but after the failure of my old iron, i needed a new one.
The old one was 80w and little under powered imo, so i trawled t'bay looking for something about 120w'ish - then i found this mofo!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=350200707990

http://i.ebayimg.com/05/%21BSMzyk%21CGk%7E$%28KGrHgoOKi8EjlLm%28rUzBKC%21j fHEdg%7E%7E_1.JPG

300watts of soldering goodness :D

Now i can crack on and make a loom up for the Nova, however it seems i under-estimated how big a 300w iron was!

Now i need to buy a slightly smaller one me thinks :)

Next to my old 80w:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y191/mrmazz/0135_Small.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y191/mrmazz/0136_Small.jpg

It fecking huge! God knows what i'm going to do with it lol

[Graeme]

Thats fooking massive lol

[Mazz]

A little too big for soldering wires together!

DOH!

[Stuart]

Antex soldering irons FTW!!!!!! I'v done jobs that a pikey 100W iron struggeled with, using a 20W Antex one lol

[valvercorsa]

may struggle with 1mm wire lmao

[John]

Lol, good for plastic welding though!

[Novasport]

I prefer to use a mini blow torch/jet burner lighter, makes a much neater job IMO and its much quicker.

[Pillar]

Lol, good for plastic welding though! thats exactly what i was thinking
:thumb:

[nova_saloon]

manly stuff

[MK999]

80w or even 40w should be fine for soldering loom wires together, the reason yours is full of fail is the tip is shagged! That 300w one is going to set everything within 100m alight though lol

[Ernie]

ive got a bigger one.

[John]

ive got a bigger one.

pics? lol

[Ernie]

looking through p/b but cant find it gggrrrrrr.

[novaguy08]

heheheh i have gas powaaarRRR!! lol
somewhere anywho..........

[Benn]

Tips way over sized, even for plastic welded. Finer tip all theway.

[paddy138]

ya could do damage with that thing, ive a good gas one snap on stuff ftw

[AlexW]

I use gas one, I find it better than the electric one i have, no idea what spec it is tho.

[Mazz]

I have got to plastic weld my grille actually - good thinking John!

Can't decide wether to get soldering iron or gun now

[novaguy08]

Get a gas iron, guns are less, erm, acurate in my experiance, if you get a fine tipped one the you will go far!! great on a range of things that i found, from tinning wires to joining 2 wires together

[Tidy Max]

i use my gas iron for work, but only because usually the electric has been disconnected, electric irons are generally better imo, but on that note, it really depends on what solder you use,

leaded solder all the way really, unleaded is terrible the melting point is way too high

[MK999]

silver solder is pretty good :p

[Tidy Max]

whats silver solder? a make? or is it ACTUALLY silver solder? because if it is i would only use it with my diamond encrusted iron lol

[brainsnova]

my pocket size gas one

http://i517.photobucket.com/albums/u331/Brain_missing/100_1783.jpg

[Martin]

we need needs of you with an ants nest and that thing.. melt the fuickers!!

[MK999]

whats silver solder? a make? or is it ACTUALLY silver solder? because if it is i would only use it with my diamond encrusted iron lol

it's about 3% silver, flows a lot nicer than the normal stuff, supposedly not too expensive in maplin etc, but an absolute rip off if you buy it from a model shop like i did lol

[Mazz]

Antex soldering irons FTW!!!!!! I'v done jobs that a pikey 100W iron struggeled with, using a 20W Antex one lol

WIN!

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=45545

trip to Maplins then me thinks :)

[craig green]

Good lookin son of an Iron!

I think I might get a gas one. Noneed for an extension lead etc. Cable on mine gets on my tits.

[novaguy08]

butane FTW :D