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Offline kbowen

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X-Tronic soldering station
« on: February 06, 2011, »
Just getting it together for the incoming coop projects. I have been surfing around for weeks looking at soldering stations & caught this on ebay this am. Seems like a good deal. I have been a little confused about lead solder & lead free. Does it matter which station you use ? Are tips different ? Just want to make sure that I get the right thing & this seemed like a nice deal. Thanks !

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Re: X-Tronic soldering station
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Four threads down.

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Re: X-Tronic soldering station
« Reply #2 on: February 06, 2011, »
The only thing I don't like about this style is the tip cleaner.  I like the brass solder tip cleaner as cleans the tip and doesn't cool it off in the process.

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Re: X-Tronic soldering station
« Reply #3 on: February 06, 2011, »
Keep in mind that you can always do what I have done along with others in terms of your tip cleaner.  I removed the sponge and place my brass cleaner near my station.  The the old spong tray becomes my "place" for the current items I am soldering in.  You may also notice in time that a magnifying glass and task lighting is key.  One thing I was able to get ahold of is an old dentist's lamp (off of a chair) it had a 2.5" diameter mounting post which I drilled a hole in my work station and mounted it after attaching a male plus end.  It works great and to be honest it actlly looks cool.  All that I did was ask my dentist if he would let me know when he was gonna replace anything and he gave it to me.  Perhaps I should have asked him for some of the other cool tools they have.

Here is an expensive example of the seperate cleaner:
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Re: X-Tronic soldering station
« Reply #4 on: February 07, 2011, »
Most lead free stations I've seen are 70w (or higher).
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Re: X-Tronic soldering station
« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2011, »
Do those brass tip cleaners really work better than the sponge?

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Re: X-Tronic soldering station
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Do those brass tip cleaners really work better than the sponge?

As crazy as it looks; I think it works far better than a sponge and it's less headache to deal with.

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Re: X-Tronic soldering station
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Do those brass tip cleaners really work better than the sponge?

Love mine.  Tip comes out shiny each time and I don't have to remember to "water" the sponge.

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Re: X-Tronic soldering station
« Reply #8 on: February 09, 2011, »
Would this work as a tip cleaning device assuming it is in brass instead of stainless?
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My Dollar Tree as these in brass I think.
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Re: X-Tronic soldering station
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Would this work as a tip cleaning device assuming it is in brass instead of stainless?
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My Dollar Tree as these in brass I think.

Further research shows the brass one might.  I thought I read somewhere that they had flux on them somehow. Let us know if it works.
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Re: X-Tronic soldering station
« Reply #10 on: February 09, 2011, »
Well I can ADD flux- that is easy.  Is the problem just trying to repurpose a single tasking item into a multi-tasker?  I don't think I need to pay Hakku's way overpriced $ amount if there is a cheaper way to accomplish the same thing.
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Re: X-Tronic soldering station
« Reply #11 on: February 09, 2011, »
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Re: X-Tronic soldering station
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Check out this link for more info on tip cleaning and care  You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login

Thanks for the link.  This helps explain things better.