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15th March 2009, 09:47 AM #1
best soldering iron for leadlight?
Hi all, I want to order a soldering iron from gasweld for leadlight work, I have been told that weller irons are very good, so have narrowed the search down to the WLC80D weller 5-80watt variable heat station or the W100D 100 watt temp controlled iron. As this is my first go at leadlight, I don't know which would be best. I would much appreciate input on these or any other recommended iron's, thank you.
Stephen
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6th May 2009, 02:39 PM #2
A temp controlled iron may be overkill if you are only doing small amounts. In fact in our business we only use a basic weller 80 watt or a similar chinese 80 watt we sell for leadlight. We do use 100-150 watts for other work but 80 watts is the minimum power you really want for general leadlighting and a temp controller only reduces the amount of available heat, so unless you are doing a lot of very small work I wouldn't bother. My 2 cents.
The difference between work and play is having the right tools!
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7th May 2009, 08:15 AM #3
Have bought iron
Thanks Flippin' I posted this some time ago, and fortunately bought the wellar 80 watt iron which I have found to be very good, Thanks very much for your guidance.
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7th May 2009, 10:52 AM #4
No worries stephen, I haven't been on here much lately, but slowly getting back to my timber. PM me if you need any other help...
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