coolrunner & qsb installations....looking for a good solder station, any suggestions

[trippy86]

coolrunner & qsb installations....looking for a good solder station, any suggestions

i am doing more consoles and installing coolrunners at the moment and my soldering iron isnt great

just curious on user suggestions on what decent solder stations are avail and what you think is good or the best.

thanks

 

[BGAMods]

Re: coolrunner & qsb installations....looking for a good solder station, any suggesti

i personally use the csi 2900.

 

[mousey01]

Re: coolrunner & qsb installations....looking for a good solder station, any suggesti

I use an aoyue 968 to do mine, fairly cheap and very reliable.

 

[xbox360 hacker]

Re: coolrunner & qsb installations....looking for a good solder station, any suggesti

Any soldering iron or station that is around 20-25 watt with a 0.8mm tip is perfect. I think installing the coolrunners or any other soldering job is as much down to being able to confidently use the soldering iron as it is anything else.

 

[gunnod]

Re: coolrunner & qsb installations....looking for a good solder station, any suggesti

http://www.ersa.com/art-0ic1100a-358-1970.html
this one i use and its awesome

 

[djxxx]

Re: coolrunner & qsb installations....looking for a good solder station, any suggesti

If you want cheap and very reliable I use Antex CS18 with 0.5mm tip...Tip is good to get into those small tricky places.....

 

[splatem]

Re: coolrunner & qsb installations....looking for a good solder station, any suggesti

I like my hakko 936 temp adjustable station, having the ability to change temperature is great. Plenty of tip sizes easily available. Old model, so the price is reasonable.

 

[BGAMods]

Aoyue 2900 or Csi 2900 are cheap and perfect, also double up nicely for reballing with their inch wide tips

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[xboxmoddz]

Re: coolrunner & qsb installations....looking for a good solder station, any suggesti

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This is the best iron i have ever used. I have went up from a rat shack iron spending a bit more each time, for regular soldering though this is not necessary a simple hakko 936 will work great and tips are cheap and its better than the chinese 2900 iron.

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Aoyue 2900 or Csi 2900 are cheap and perfect, also double up nicely for reballing with their inch wide tips

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It does work, i had both of them, it is cheap yes and the quality shows it wont last a yr.

http://youtu.be/7yv9flSUjGk
This is the best iron i have ever used. I have went up from a rat shack iron spending a bit more each time, for regular soldering though this is not necessary a simple hakko 936 will work great and tips are cheap and its better than the chinese 2900 iron.

I bought mine used it was totally messed up scratches and dings yet it worked great, thats quality right there.

 

[spookyman166]

Re: coolrunner & qsb installations....looking for a good solder station, any suggesti

i just use a goot iron... Like its a pretty big tip (1mm or 1.5mm) but thats all goods... it provides an even heat source and makes sure i always get a nice solder joint...

I never add solder to any points except the hana point on the slims (as it has no factory solder)... The wires are all pretinned and so are the points, so i just flux them with paste... Put wire on, hold my 40W goot for about 2 seconds and bam.... perfect, strong and neat joint... Almost 0 chance of a bridge...

 

[diaboliq20]

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I use the one on my 968 - but I have to disagree with xboxmoddz.....the Aoyue 2900 is fantastic, and good quality, and to be honest, If I needed another one, that's the one I would buy ...

 

[BGAMods]

Mine gets used every day and is still perfect.

The hakko is awesome though.

My 968 iron is like the day I got it, still perfect.

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[iByee]

Re: coolrunner & qsb installations....looking for a good solder station, any suggesti

i just use a goot iron... Like its a pretty big tip (1mm or 1.5mm) but thats all goods... it provides an even heat source and makes sure i always get a nice solder joint...

I never add solder to any points except the hana point on the slims (as it has no factory solder)... The wires are all pretinned and so are the points, so i just flux them with paste... Put wire on, hold my 40W goot for about 2 seconds and bam.... perfect, strong and neat joint... Almost 0 chance of a bridge...

I done 1 RGH so far and that was with a cheap solder iron with a 4 mm tip, it worked great and didn't have any problem with it.

I'm going to buy a new station. Is 1.3mm tip small enough? The station seem to be 48w with 150-450 celsius. Is that enough? It's from dibotech, it's a pretty cheap station at around $30.

 

[whoseanthony]

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I just bought the Aoyue 936 off Amazon for $39.99 US. Looks solid and ordered a .8mm tip to go with it. 30watt iron goes from 150-400 degrees

 

[Captn Slap Nutz]

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I don't do much soldering, but do pretty decent work with my Weller WD1002.Funny story tho, I went to Frys and they had the WRS1002X marked down from $899 to $799....but the tag on the box said $199, so, I bought TWO! AWESOME!, but, it doesnt come with an iron. Told one of my buddies in purchasing I needed a Weller EC1201A (he dont know any better), he asked why,I said because it fits my Weller WD1002/WRS1002X. Two weeks go by, I get impatent, and go down and spend the $125 on the iron! Get to work the next Monday, my buddy tells me NO ONE carries that iron, so, here is you a WD1002. I explained to him it was for a government project I was working on at my house...he said "Iknow!"