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Soldering iron for 7 year old.
gildasd:
My daughter attended a week long electronic camp a few weeks back...
She learned how to solder and wants to so more.
My “full size” irons are a bit difficult to use, mostly due to the somewhat heavy/stiff cable...
The camp had children iron, but I was at sea, so no idea what they used.
Anybody have any suggestions/pointers/success stories with soldering kids?
Thanks!
(Did a search and did not find answers in the first few pages)
bd139:
I had an Antex CS18 when I was 8. Very light weight, not too large. If you get one with a silicone cable it's pretty good for basic work.
KrudyZ:
Whatever you get, make sure you get a stand for the iron.
Without one, blisters and melted plastic are pretty much guaranteed...
Another crazy Aussie:
When I was about that age, all I had was one of those no-name tricky Dick fun sticks (aren't they all?) actually, it might have been from Tandy, hands up anyone who remembers them... I feel old now :-\
Haven't tried it myself, but the Mini TS80 seems to be a pretty small and lightweight iron with enough grunt to handle most jobs, Mr EEVBlog himself seemed to be ok with it
If you're real cashed up, at work we've got a bunch of JBC irons, the base stations are big and heavy, but the irons are pretty small and light and have real shmick silicone leads. There was someone who built an affordable controller for JBC irons https://www.eevblog.com/forum/reviews/good-jbc-clone/
I think it would be best to get something with temperature control, I've seen some of those "self regulating" irons get up to 550'C, I mean :wtf: 250'C is enough for most beginner stuff, besides, a lot of the big brand name temp controlled irons are generally more robust, have auto-off (so they turn them selves off when you put them back in the holder, good for people who might be easily distracted...), they have leads that don't melt (especially important if it's a mains powered heating element), have better quality tips that the solder actually sticks to and most importantly heat up fast, the thing that frustrated my 7 year old self the most was waiting for my "self regulating" iron to come up to temperature, the more bored I got waiting, the more likely I was to stick it into something I shouldn't have to see if it was hot enough to use
gildasd:
Thanks for all the answers, i’m analysing the options.
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