[What do you look for or avoid in a good soldering station ?]

On 5/17/2017 at 6:00 PM, bondedlock said:

I also bought an Aoyue 868a after using that in eeprom class last year.  I have been disappointed and will try something else when I buy a new one.  The tip on the soldering iron pooped out, it doesn't heat up well.  Probably just mine, the one I used in class seemed great.  Oh well. 

 

The soldering class I took at JC was in 2015 and Jim's trailer had been stolen just prior to the classes.  We had soldering stations that were POS' and I didn't enjoy the class.  I subsequently bought a nice station and found out how easy it can be to remove and replace devices with good tools.

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