Depending on how much hand work you are going to do I would separate my solder station from my rework station. probably 90% of my hand-work time i= s spent soldering, so I spent the money there: http://www.amazon.com/Weller-WESD51-Digital-Soldering-Station/dp/B000ARU9PO= /ref=3Dsr_1_3?ie=3DUTF8&s=3Dhi&qid=3D1281043313&sr=3D8-3 (be *sure* to get the one with the dial temp control and not the one with the pushbuttons) and for a rework station I just went with a cheap one: http://www.circuitspecialists.com/prod.itml/icOid/7343 If you're doing through-hole rework there's a better one out there, but for SMT this one works remarkably well. DougM On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 1:54 PM, V G wrote: > Hi all, > > I don't know if my previous email went through, but I am looking to > buy a good quality soldering station (one that can do hot air rework > would be good) (something like this one: > http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=3D76). > > I have never shopped for these things so I don't know what price > ranges to look for and what quality you get for such prices. I also > don't know of any good places to get such a product. Any > recommendations/ideas would be greatly appreciated. > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .