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[jimilee]

The fiducial recognizing camera is so it's easy to flip a board over and line up the bottom for machining, so it can do double-sided prototype boards very easily. You have to solder in vias yourself, but not the end of the world.

Well that sounds cool as hell.

 

[andare]

Got these 245 tips from Aliexpress. This is the 790. It's supossed to look like this



But it looks like this instead.



I contacted the seller but I got a bot...

Don't recommend this vendor https://www.aliexpress.com/item/100...t_main.19.766a1c24rQZmLS&gatewayAdapt=glo2pol

 

[jessenator]

I think a tip shape like that is next on my list.

I've had such rotten luck with non genuine tips for my hakko that I didn't mind shelling out for the real deal going forward.

 

[MichaelW]

I think a tip shape like that is next on my list.

I've had such rotten luck with non genuine tips for my hakko that I didn't mind shelling out for the real deal going forward.

Been there done that, I've got a drawer full of off brand tips for my Hakko that all suck. I just get the real thing about once a or twice a year.

 

[andare]

I think a tip shape like that is next on my list.

I've had such rotten luck with non genuine tips for my hakko that I didn't mind shelling out for the real deal going forward.

I use a hoof tip with my Pinecil but I prefer the chisel tip. This one was supposed to have a groove that hugs the leads but alas it doesn't.
I also got a small chisel tip but it is a tad thick for PCBs.
I might just spring for a JBC tip if these don't work out.

 

[jwin615]

I think a tip shape like that is next on my list.

I've had such rotten luck with non genuine tips for my hakko that I didn't mind shelling out for the real deal going forward.

Amazon.jp

 

[jwin615]

Got some @jessenator PCBs, TO8 to dip8 adapters and missing mica values.
Sweet! Thanks man!

 

[Audandash]

New box day!

 

[Passinwind]

Starting to put together a very modest pedalboard for my Dojo and acoustic guitar:




Now looking at the smallest possible power banks to run the Cioks off of. May be able to just run it of the Spark 2 amp's USB port though, with battery power for the Spark eventually. Most of my DIY pedals work best at 12 or 15 volts, but one prefers 9V, so this seemed like a pretty decent solution.

 

[jcpst]

I didn’t look the BOM carefully enough when I ordered the Roboto. Got an IC for it.

 

[KR Sound]

Scored a new iron on eBay for $70
Finally replacing my beginner Weller.

 

[EisengesisFX]

Scored a new iron on eBay for $70
Finally replacing my beginner Weller.

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Mazal tov! I only got the same Hakko model myself a few months back. An absolute game changer, to put it mildly.

 

[Passinwind]

Scored a new iron on eBay for $70
Finally replacing my beginner Weller.

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Nice score! Make sure you read up on the temperature calibration procedure, it 's not all that intuitive IMO. I've been using the older analog dial version for eons, and have like a dozen+ tips for it by now.

 

[Harry Klippton]

Now I need more cables than I can afford

 

[Joben Magooch]

Scored a new iron on eBay for $70
Finally replacing my beginner Weller.

This is my absolute number one recommendation to...pretty much anyone. Lol. I bought my Hakko probably a decade ago. I don't think there is a single thing that has improved my "quality of hobby-life" more than this. I don't even know that it has to be this specific model (I am sure nowadays there are plenty of viable competitors) but I will always tell people to "overspend" on a nice soldering iron/station. I have never met anyone who put up the cash for a nice iron and said "I wish I had saved my money, I could've got by just fine on my old iron okay"

 

[andare]

This is my absolute number one recommendation to...pretty much anyone. Lol. I bought my Hakko probably a decade ago. I don't think there is a single thing that has improved my "quality of hobby-life" more than this. I don't even know that it has to be this specific model (I am sure nowadays there are plenty of viable competitors) but I will always tell people to "overspend" on a nice soldering iron/station. I have never met anyone who put up the cash for a nice iron and said "I wish I had saved my money, I could've got by just fine on my old iron okay"

Can't afford to spend that much for a station that is such old tech. I know it's solid but for 20 bucks I bought a Pinecil that has been working great on boards for 3 years on the same tip.
Now I've switched to another pencil iron that uses 245 tips and it's even better.
If I was a pro I'd splurge on a JCB or Metcal station.

 

[KR Sound]

Can't afford to spend that much for a station that is such old tech. I know it's solid but for 20 bucks I bought a Pinecil that has been working great on boards for 3 years on the same tip.
Now I've switched to another pencil iron that uses 245 tips and it's even better.
If I was a pro I'd splurge on a JCB or Metcal station.

Same here. Couldn’t pass it up at 70 bucks. Little by little !

 

[jcpst]

This came today from the land down under. I gotta stop adding to the backlog!

 

[jwin615]

Anyone ever played with one of these?

No time/energy tonight, or probably for a few days. But it looks pretty cool. Can get THD , noise and freq response measurements and a lot more. The end of the spring semester seems to be the time to snatch these of eBay.

 

[jimilee]

This came today from the land down under. I gotta stop adding to the backlog!

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There’s time to stop adding when you’re dead. Forge on young man!