Something that helped me a lot before I spent the $$ to get a temp
controlled soldering station was to wire up an electrical box with a
common lamp dimmer to control the iron's heat a bit. 30W was almost
unusable because the solder on the tip oxidized so fast.

> help, but don't see the answer to my problem. I am using
> a 30 W iron from Radio Shack, and rosin core solder. The problem is=20

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