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Fun => The Porch => Topic started by: chrisatpsu on January 21, 2012,
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anybody use more than one soldering iron at a time?
i saw the post on the tip, and it reminded me of having two soldering irons running while working on a board (i use pencil irons)
the purpose for me it to have a different tip ready to just use if i encounter a different need, like to help with a heatsink, or fuse holder.
it doesn't run the whole time, just when i'm getting close to that part and i don't want to wait to cool down an iron to replace a tip.
i have about 5 pencil irons, but i use 2 mainly
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I have and use 3. Two are solder stations. The newest one has a full temp control and a small tip. It is used for general circuit board work, especially where the space is limited. The second one is one my father built and has three temp settings and a wide tip. It works well in situations were more heat is required such as triacs and heat sinks. the third is a pencil iron and tends to be more abused than used. With that one whrn I need a LOT of heat, I warm it up with my tourch and use it that way. Many times I don't even bother to plug it in. I also have an older Weller soldering gun (back when they made them well) that I use for soldering wires together and oter high heat applicatins.