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mnementh:

--- Quote from: Specmaster on June 29, 2018, 08:24:07 am ---I've had a couple of tips fail in the contact area and as far as I can see the problem is in the alignment and fit of the contact rings and the fact that the join is only a press fit and I suspect that the genuine Hakko ones may be welded at the seam?

If the contacts are not correctly aligned then after being inserted and extracted a few times in the handle, the rings split open and then they catch on the contacts and the rest is history. I have yet to find any genuine Hakko tips to try and see if that is in fact the problem but thats my opinion for whats it worth.

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You won't "find" genuine Hakko on fleaBay as everything there is clone crap; just like SanDisk flash memory, if it's on eBay and it's genuine, it got there by accident.

You'll have to buy from an authorized reseller, and then still beware. Hakko DOES have a store on Amazon.



This is what their current "small shop" offering looks like. They appear to have greatly cut back their T12 series tips in favor of their T15 series, and the FX-951 now ships with the FM-2027 instead of FM-2028 handle. I think the difference is in how they apply "ESD-safe" to the instrument; the T12 & T15 tips are mechanically interchangeable.

The FX-951 still appears to have the same horrible firmware/UI that is geared towards keeping (l)users from changing temp on an assembly line as opposed to being user-friendly for repair work.  :palm:


mnem
*Back out into the xuck*

Cerebus:

--- Quote from: bd139 on June 29, 2018, 03:24:14 pm ---Gah that would annoy the shit out of me.

Waiting for my new soldering iron still. PF usually turn up before 10AM here but it’s 16:24 now :(

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It being Friday they're waiting until 15 minutes after Beer O'Clock.

That's the downside of working from home, there's nobody to say "Sod it! Are you coming down the pub?" to you at 16:45 on a Friday. You can say it to yourself, but it's not quite the same thing skivving off without aiders and abettors.

bd139:
Hahaha. It arrived. It’s fucking amazing. The first thing I threw it at was an oxidised brown chunk of Fr4 out of the scrap box and it went “whatever dude” and allows me to drop solder bungs on it instantly. Playing with some stripboard and some 0805’s now.

bd139:
Mini review. I will do a proper one later.

Box - brown, cardboard, boring.



Out of the box



Feels good, even in my manky mit



Comparison to T12 / 9501. It's actually nicer to hold due to the indent in the shaft.



Quick test



Happy so far :-+

Weller going on ebay on Sunday. Boxed with all accessories and some spare tips and sponges so hopefully it'll pay for half the Metcal at least :D

Mr. Scram:
Those are some chunky fillets!

How's the business venture going? Not having a lot of luck or simply missing us too much?

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