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paulsherwin · 12th Nov 2019, 3:49 pm

Very cheap irons do have their uses. I have a market stall 60W iron which I bought for a couple of quid to do jobs which need a lot of heat. It does indeed get very hot! I added the usual switchable series diode to tame it a bit.

This iron is useless for general PCB soldering, but it's great for the odd chassis soldering job. I've no idea how long the element will last, but it's survived 5 years of occasional use.

12th Nov 2019, 3:49 pm	#63
paulsherwin Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Oxford, UK Posts: 27,947	Re: Soldering Iron For PCB's Very cheap irons do have their uses. I have a market stall 60W iron which I bought for a couple of quid to do jobs which need a lot of heat. It does indeed get very hot! I added the usual switchable series diode to tame it a bit. This iron is useless for general PCB soldering, but it's great for the odd chassis soldering job. I've no idea how long the element will last, but it's survived 5 years of occasional use.