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Soldering iron or hot air rework station? October 7, 2010 10:16 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Hardware, Technology
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I need advice from my friends into building electronics. I have grown frustrated with years of using $8 soldering irons from Radio Shack and want to get into a Weller or Aoyue soldering station. My quandary is deciding between just a soldering station or a hotair rework station. My next two projects will be 1) replacing some bad caps on a circuit board and 2) resoldering some bad joints on another board.

I’m currently looking at the Aoyue 937+ Digital Soldering Station and the Aoyue 968 SMD Digital Hot Air Rework Station. Suggestions? Feedback?

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From the mouths of babes October 7, 2010 8:02 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Evan, Family, From the mouths of babes
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Evan, 5 years old: "Amy! You know that girl on the bus who sits by herself and never talks and stares at me? She…talked…to…me! She really did. She talked to me. Me!"

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