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Re: SMD Soldering

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Originally Posted by Loxmyth View Post
I do soldering almost daily at work. The link below is what I use, I just picked up a second unit for the team this week too. Had mine for over 3 years. No problems yet and I still haven't had to replace the elements.

http://www.gqelectronicsllc.com/come...idProduct=4393
This looks like a rather viable option. It also appears that the tips this unit uses are 900M (A rather standard size), so it would be easy to replace them.

Thanks for all the help so far, everybody! I never would have imagined that I'd get so many responses in less than 24 hours.