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Soldering iron for 7 year old.
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Electro Detective:
A good basic soldering iron station with temperature control, chisel tip, VERY flexible cable,

plugged into an RCD/GFCI power strip,

and bucket of sand, fire blanket, smoke detector and fire extinguisher nearby

run daughter/son/wifey/visiting ET/?!  through the drill with a written list of temperature/s for what purpose,

then get them to repeat and explain the entire routine (as many times as necessary) 


Apologies if I sound like a pride and safety fanatic  :blah: but that's how I roll

especially if I know I may not be there to bail anyone out of a drama, which may/may not/can/can't/might/will/?!  happen   :scared:


EDIT: newb and pros alike should check out how to solder Youtube videos such as the PACE series and of course the EEVblog vids    :clap: :clap:

Gyro:

--- Quote from: tkamiya on April 16, 2019, 06:22:08 pm ---UK made Antex is very tiny.   

My first iron was a kit and I got it when I was 7.

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I started with a 15W Antex too when I was young. Nice and light to handle. The one downside of a small unregulated iron is the difficulty in keeping the tip nicely tinned when it's standing idle (i.e. more than a few minutes). Crud and oxide build up very quickly.
gildasd:

--- Quote from: Gyro on April 17, 2019, 10:02:40 am ---
--- Quote from: tkamiya on April 16, 2019, 06:22:08 pm ---UK made Antex is very tiny.   

My first iron was a kit and I got it when I was 7.

--- End quote ---

I started with a 15W Antex too when I was young. Nice and light to handle. The one downside of a small unregulated iron is the difficulty in keeping the tip nicely tinned when it's standing idle (i.e. more than a few minutes). Crud and oxide build up very quickly.

--- End quote ---
Thanks for all the answers!
I am thinking the best combination of features for my daughter / price I can justify is finding an Antex 660a second hand and getting a few new tips.
https://www.antex.co.uk/products/soldering-stations/660a/
It is made for the UK education sector, so if it can survive pyromaniac teens, good enough.
edavid:
As a child, I was given a "Wahl Iso-Tip" battery powered soldering iron, and that worked out pretty well.  No cord to get caught in things, and when you let go of the button it cools down pretty quickly.  Soldering performance was good enough for most things.

https://iso-tip.com/
tautech:

--- Quote from: Gyro on April 17, 2019, 10:02:40 am ---
--- Quote from: tkamiya on April 16, 2019, 06:22:08 pm ---UK made Antex is very tiny.   

My first iron was a kit and I got it when I was 7.

--- End quote ---

I started with a 15W Antex too when I was young. Nice and light to handle. The one downside of a small unregulated iron is the difficulty in keeping the tip nicely tinned when it's standing idle (i.e. more than a few minutes). Crud and oxide build up very quickly.

--- End quote ---
Quite so but before we each splashed out on the proper temp controlled station for $$ an ordinary wall switch/light dimmer was a simple mod to use with any unregulated iron.
I inherited an Antex X25 and it's now the first iron I grab for jobs away from the bench
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