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Arisaka
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Location: Tacoma Joined: Sat May 4, 2013 Posts: 6259
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Who makes a decent soldering gun for automotive wiring? My old Weller gun finally died. I hear the new Wellers are made in Mexico junk. Anybody have a recommendations? Or do I go with the solder seal butt connectors you hit with a heat gun?
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Thu Aug 17, 2023 4:18 pm |
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Old Growth
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Location: Nisqually Valley Joined: Wed Oct 5, 2016 Posts: 4866
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Garage sales. Find an old one
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Thu Aug 17, 2023 6:10 pm |
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RocketScott
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Location: Kentucky Joined: Fri Jan 16, 2015 Posts: 11172
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Anything that can be done on the bench I use a Hakko FX888D soldering station. For detailed work on the vehicles I'll drag it outside to use but it's not as convenient as a regular soldering iron
The rest I do with a 25W Weller, probably made in Mexico. It does an ok job but isn't as controllable as the Hakko
ETA- Be careful shopping for a Hakko. There are counterfeits
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Fri Aug 18, 2023 4:26 am |
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mmalleck
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Location: Bellevue area - WA Joined: Wed Jan 9, 2013 Posts: 1440
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I purchased a Weller butane soldering iron for working on vehicles. Almost two decades later, it's now my go-to soldering iron.
Check out the Weller WPA2 Butane Soldering Iron made in Japan. It's also great for heat shrink.
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Fri Aug 18, 2023 5:28 am |
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hartcreek
Location: Union Gap Joined: Sun Mar 27, 2016 Posts: 1738
Real Name: Randall Knapp
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I just bought another Weller from Amazon. The problem is the lead free solder for most electrical work because of the Karens so it takes more Heat.
I bought the the D550PK My old Weller 100 watt heated up fine just not hot enough for the new solder.
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