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Which solder station?

Thermaltronics TMT-9000Sx
4 (8.9%)
Metcal MX-500 series
11 (24.4%)
Metcal MX-5200 series
8 (17.8%)
Don't use Curie Point!
2 (4.4%)
Go classic: JBC, ERSA, HAKKO, Weller...
18 (40%)
Metcal MFR series
2 (4.4%)

Total Members Voted: 45

Voting closed: October 09, 2015, 10:35:48 pm

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Offline GreyWoolfe

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Re: Metcal or Thermaltronics or ... ?
« Reply #75 on: May 14, 2016, 09:19:07 pm »
Quote from: r342f2f on May 14, 2016, 03:27:49 pm
where did everyone purchase their tips from?  I see thermaltronics sells the products on amazon and there are some distributors selling them cheaper.  I see on the thermaltronics site that they have interchangeable tips to the metal units.  anyone use the thermaltronics tips on a metal MX500?  I am curious if anyone else has tried before I go and buy.

I have.  I bought 1 from Denbo32 on eBay and it works fine.
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Re: Metcal or Thermaltronics or ... ?
« Reply #76 on: May 14, 2016, 11:06:14 pm »
Thermaltronics tips work fine on metcal. Some have slightly better geometry, in particular their version of smtc1147,as it has sharper corners, good for touching up qfns
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