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Hakko FX-888 soldering station discontinued

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saturation:
Checking catalog, Hakko FX951 tips are between $30-45 each, whereas JBC tips are about $20-30.  FX888 genuine tips are between $3-10 each, reputable Plato brand compatible about same price, and Chinese copies for $1 each.

Ferroto:
Everyone's talking about the FX-888 being discontinued and i'm using a cheap radio-shack soldering iron.

ejeffrey:

--- Quote from: Ferroto on November 26, 2012, 05:03:32 pm ---Everyone's talking about the FX-888 being discontinued and i'm using a cheap radio-shack soldering iron.

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If you use it at all regularly do yourself a favor and upgrade.  Thermostats are awesome.  Cheap variable power irons are really not much better than a fixed iron.  They get too hot when idle and burn up the tip, then cool down too much when they have to melt solder.

saturation:
Soldering existed before temp controlled irons became the norm.  When I started, speed and a touch was part of the skill.  When we didn't have main power available, I could even solder with a candle, at worse with different sized nails held with pliers if we didn't have thick gauge copper wires we could sharpen to a tip and dip in rosin. 


--- Quote from: Ferroto on November 26, 2012, 05:03:32 pm ---Everyone's talking about the FX-888 being discontinued and i'm using a cheap radio-shack soldering iron.

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perfect_disturbance:

--- Quote from: saturation on November 26, 2012, 06:36:24 pm ---Soldering existed before temp controlled irons became the norm.  When I started, speed and a touch was part of the skill.  When we didn't have main power available, I could even solder with a candle, at worse with different sized nails held with pliers if we didn't have thick gauge copper wires we could sharpen to a tip and dip in rosin. 

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A thick gage copper wire eh... You were lucky. We lived for three months in a paper bag in a septic tank.
:)

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