Soldering Iron
 

ran down to radip shack 2day... a soldering kit.. with soldering pencil, solder, some cutting thiny... and a screwdriver = 13 Canadian (about 8 USD)...

does anyone have any of the radio shack irons? are they reliable? heh, i have noo idea... but i think that's a pretty good price... input anyone?

*edit: i had to buy fone cards, so i didnt buy the iron.. the mall's rite by my school so if you guys say it's good, i'll be down there 2morro ^_^

Yea sure..
 

Make sure it's at least 30watts.

-Nox

I gots a sodering iron from the rat shack i dont know if its the same as the one you have but it works just fine for me ive used it to transplant as many as 20 pcb's on mine and my buddies cars.i like the one i have becouse i can interchange the tips and it has a temp timer that keeps it at a constant temp.

Demon's iron sounds good....i havent even seen a soldering kit before...haha probably get one sooner or later.

soldering iron (low powered)
http://www.radioshack.ca/images/Radi...up/918001s.gif
Soldering gun (very high powered)
http://www.radioshack.ca/images/Radi...4/6402187s.gif

ohh icic....a iron is better right?...appears better since its smaller and fit for the bit mods

shizz... the one im looking at is 15 Watt... not enuf for like.. soldering the wires to the batt, or soldering wires in the control?

=( they got a variable one... 15 switches to 30... is that one better? (20 bucks canadian)

me i have three guns one to melt plastic (don't want to smelly up a good gun, now i just use the dremel cuz it's more precise) a lower power one for smaller wires/circuitry ect... and a huge one for big wires (speaker wire 110Vmains voltage) they heat up in about 5-10 seconds as apposed to a whopping 5-10 minutes for a iron. so that means i can solder to batterys really quickly. i personally like guns and people who use my guns who are used to irons say they quite like how quick the guns heat up but arn't used to the shape/weight. it's just a matter of preference and you're own style.

oh.... hmmm, well how many watts is your circuit soldering gun?

it's variable between 100 and 140 (i don't dare use it on bits except maybe an antenna change LOL) and the big one is (sit down before you fall down) 240 on low and 325 on high (wouldn't bring it close to a small car not even a clone)

:eek: damn.... well, i hope 15 watts is enuf... the biggest thing i plan to do is just... like... soldering my old rabbit ears to my controller... might take a bit of time, but i Hope it works..! or should i play it safe and just buy the 30 watt for a bit more $$? ><"

i would personally go with the 30 just so you don't have to wait all day for it to only melt wax. LOL i get frusterated using a soldering iron just caus i am used to having a nice hot gun quick.

aww... kk, i guess the 30 then... i can spare a little money =)

thx pig!

your welcome um just telling you what i would do (if i didn't have three allready LOL) my guns are old and you won't find a soldering gun above like 100-140Watts anymore so i like them

why I said 30.
 

As most of you have already said. It becomes a personal option once you have used one or two different kinds.

And that is why I said use the 30 watts. I have use alot of soldering tools in my days...and for this application (small steering wires, surface mount resistors, etc). A 30 watt will get the job done, quickly, correctly and a reasonable tool to keep around the house once your done.

That quote about "to help get the job done use a bigger hammer"
does not work well here. A 140 watt probe on a surface mount is a bull in a china shop.

But that's just my 2cents...

-Nox