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Soldering equipment

By Clem

9 years ago


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    #21 9 years ago

    Hakko and Weller both have decent consumer grade rework stations.

    I use Hakko for desoldering and JBC for soldering.

    I used a pair of WES51 wellers for the longest time, and after switching to the JBC Advanced, I don't think I could go back for board work.

    The wellers still get plenty of work, changing switches and soldering coils in

    #42 9 years ago

    That's not large enough for a driver board.

    The Panavise parts I use..

    305 - Base
    308 - 5# base weight
    315 - PCB vise. Comes with 12 inch bar, holds PCBs up to 10 inches long
    318-22 - 22 inch extension bar, allows to hold up to 20 inch long PCB

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    The 318-22 extension bar will work on the other panavise pictured, but I prefer the 5# base weight I use without all the extraneous stuff like iron and solder holder - I already have both an iron and solder holder that I prefer at my workbench.

    The 318-22 is large enough to do WPC driver boards and Sys11 CPUs.

    #45 9 years ago
    Quoted from barakandl:

    I cant be the only one that does PCB work floating loose on a bench top? I do work on a high bench. I tried and couldnt stand using the holders. I am constantly flipping the board around, desoldering in a vertical positon etc. The stands / holders just get in the way and slow me down.

    Depends on the board and what I'm doing. Sometimes, I use the vise, sometimes I don't.

    The various tilts and adjustments on the panavise do help with orienting the board.

    The last time I repinned a Sys 3-7 driver, I used my JCB iron with the wide tip, put the driver in the vise, and worked my way around the board, pulling all the headers as I could heat up an entire 9 pin at once, tap the board, and it'd just fall out. I repinned the board in the vise as well, but I just used a regular tip in the iron for that.

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