> But there isn't
> a single repair operator that will let you take one away, they
> love them! Mostly because these things have serious balls!
>
Yep, Metcals are pretty god-like. We use them at work. I know Al and I
both have 'em for home too. If you do any surface-mount rework or anything
they're a life-saver. Really tiny tips available that carry heat *exactly*
to the source. I soldered wire-wrap wire to the leads on a fine-pitch TQFP
with mine-- that would have probably been more or less impossible without
the Metcal...
They *are* expensive new though. And tips can be quite spendy-- $20's for
new "pointy" tips on up to the $100's for specialty tips. (Like for heating
all the leads on a 208 TQFP package simultaneously.)
-Clay
Received on Thu Jun 10 15:57:04 1999
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