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Offline Brad808Topic starter

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Looking at getting new JBC tips
« on: August 15, 2022, 04:15:13 pm »
I have an older JBC station (DI3000) with a 245 series handle and a 2245 006 tip (0.6mm chisel tip). The setup works great for through hole soldering but I was thinking about a smaller setup for SMD parts and possibly a small variety of 245 tips.

For SMD work should I look at getting a 210 series handle? Or a 0.3mm conical tip for the 245?

How do the JBC clone tips hold up? The price is substantially cheaper for the clone tips (ordering to Canada), but the has me a bit suspicious as well. Is it better to "buy once cry once" for the genuine tips or are they good enough for occasional use (while primarily using the genuine JBC tip I have now). What about the clone handles?

I also have a set of the micro tweezers (Pa1200 tweezers with 1200 008 tips) but if someone has a better suggestion I'm all ears.

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Offline thm_w

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Re: Looking at getting new JBC tips
« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2022, 09:01:27 pm »
Clone tips are reportedly not great. Maybe good ones exist but its going to be difficult to test yourself and verify.
If you just wanted various tip shapes to try out, or you are just doing basic SMD assembly, its probably fine. Can always buy the genuine one that you end up using the most later. https://www.accessotronik.com/SearchResults.asp?Search=c245

Clone handles can be decent. See some of SDGs reviews.

Most people would say conical is crap. Search here and you find many threads here about tip suggestions, a lot of it is personal preference
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/reviews/recommended-tips-for-new-jbc-solder-station/
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/reviews/cheap-jbc-c245-tips/
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/reviews/jbc-c245-tipscartridges-how-to-use-them-which-to-choose/
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