So I Got A Weller Universal Soldering Gun For Christmas

"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform) 12/29/2014 at 20:07 • Filed to: solderlopnik

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Anyone on Oppo use one of these? What are they like to use?

Slant6 > TheHondaBro 12/29/2014 at 20:09

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My dad has that one. It's the only soldering gun I've ever known. Works well for my small projects. I personally prefer a pen type soldering iron for most projects though. The gun can be kinda bulky.

Kailand09 > TheHondaBro 12/29/2014 at 20:12

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they are ok on bigger things, but I do some smaller circuit board soldering sometimes, and wouldn't expect to ever use that for smaller stuff.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > TheHondaBro 12/29/2014 at 20:17

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It'll do anything

TheHondaBro > Slant6 12/29/2014 at 20:17

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It is pretty top-heavy, I've noticed.

f86sabre > TheHondaBro 12/29/2014 at 20:17

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I got a standard stick Weller for Christmas last year. Works great. I had never soldered anything prior, but have completed a number of projects with it. First thing I did was was solder a new wire harness for the replacement stereo I put in my Evo. Easy to use and it turned out great.

ohmysti > TheHondaBro 12/29/2014 at 20:35

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top heavy, usable light, hot super fast, ton of different tips. including rope/plastic cutter. love it.

Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull > TheHondaBro 12/29/2014 at 21:18

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Works really great up until you get tip-fixing screw corrosion, or drop it and crack the shit out of the plastic case or frangle the trigger. Stay on top of all of those, and you'll be fine - makes for a good solder gun all around.

Zibodiz > TheHondaBro 12/29/2014 at 22:27

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I fix electronics for a living, and use a soldering gun ALL THE TIME. My first 'nice' gun was that exact one. I've since worn it out, but it put down a couple miles of lead before that happened. I still use the plastic case it came in with my new gun.

Clown Shoe Pilot > TheHondaBro 12/29/2014 at 22:38

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big, hot, unwieldy but serviceable. I strongly prefer a low voltage DC iron. I've got a Hakko 937 that I've had for a lotta years that I like using more than any other soldering iron/station/gun i've ever used. There are a TON of tips available and it gets hot FAST.

1.21 JIGGA WATTS!!! > TheHondaBro 12/30/2014 at 10:32

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I have a butane soldering iron . I love it. It does everything I ask and I don't have a problem getting into tight spaces with it. All I need to do is find more tips for it.