Pace soldering iron compatible handpiece

[Mad Professor]

Hi All.

I have recently acquired a free Pace 30E Soldering Base Station.

I only have the Base Station, I do not have any of the accessories, eg, handpiece, stand, tips (cartridges), etc.

Looking on sites, such as RS and Farnell, it seems that the Pace TD-100 handpiece costs in excess of £100.
The tips (cartridges) are from as little as £6.00

Can anyone advice if they know of any TD-100 compatible handpiece's that are cheaper?

Thanks for your time.

[chris_leyson]

Never seen a cloned Pace handpiece, I think the one you were looking at may come with a stand as well at that price. The standard tips don't seem to be that good with lead free solder and I've had much better wetting performance with the diamond loaded tips.