I've been using the Aoyue 968 SMD rework station. It has a digitally
controlled soldering iron and hot air rework gun with a smoke
absorber. I've had no problems with it to date and for the price you
can't go wrong.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000HDG0AO?v=glance

Cheers,
Zik

On 9/2/06, Vasile Surducan <piclist9@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/2/06, GlennM <the_euphemism@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm finally getting around to buying a soldering station. My old Weller has
> > served me well but the time has come to move on to something more versatile
> > and with better temperature control.
> >
> > My question concerns the selection of soldering tips that are most useful
> > for a hobbyist. I'll be doing mostly through-hole soldering for now, but I
> > will also be working with SMD components. The station comes with a 0.8mm
> > conical tip. I am thinking that a long, fine conical tip, ~0.5mm would be
> > right for SMD work with multi-pin devices, and probably also a 1.6mm chisel
> > tip for the occasional need to solder connectors and so forth. Sound good?
>
>
> This one is quite good:
>
> http://www.web-tronics.com/prresywsuc.html
> I've worked with one in the US, a little bit expensive...
>
> Vasile
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