On Aug 6, 2010, at 12:59 PM, Dwayne Reid wrote:

> Its actually very hard for someone who has not used a Metcal
> soldering station to understand that bumping soldering temperature is
> NOT necessary when soldering large-mass joints.  Really hard.

Even if you you don't go all the way to a metcal-level iron, do be =20
sure that you get an iron that is actually TEMPERATURE controlled, and =20
not just "variable wattage."  Even the first level of that step (say, =20
an old Weller magentically-controlled iron) makes a big difference...

BillW

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