Soldering Irons (was RE: SWTPC TV Typewriter II restoration)

From: Jeffrey S. Worley <Technoid_at_30below.com>
Date: Thu Mar 20 09:39:00 2003

Man, I've used the same old beater 15watt Radio Shack soldering iron for
years and years. Its great for ic's and connectors. Not so great for
connectors on boards or for power supply stuff. I keep a beater 35watt
radio shack iron around when I need to unglue my 15watter from a ground
plane.... <GRIN>


-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-admin_at_classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin_at_classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Michael Holley
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 9:56 PM
To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
Subject: Soldering Irons (was RE: SWTPC TV Typewriter II restoration)

The Metcal system that I have has a PS2E-01 power supply and a RM3E
soldering iron. It uses STTC and SMTC tips. I have no documentation on
this
unit and the PS2E is not mentioned on the Metcal site. How old is this
unit?

I used a Weller WTPCN for twenty years and it is fine for 1980 vintage
through hole components.

Michael Holley
www.swtpc.com/mholley
Received on Thu Mar 20 2003 - 09:39:00 GMT