Hakko FX951 Professional Thermally Controlled Soldering Station & Soldering Iron with Tip Set Kit – Compact 75W High Power - Interchangeable Composite Tips – 91 Varieties (5 Included) - UK Plug

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The solder pencil is light weight in construction, balance is good and the hand piece to solder tip is short which makes it more comfortable to use. With 91 Variations of Tips and various other accessories available to purchase separately, the FX951 is a real workhorse for both the professional or hobbyist. No reflow oven or hot air station yet, but wanted to get familiar with solder paste; haven’t used yet, sticking to solder wire.

FM-206 3-Port Rework Station This tutorial will discuss the features and benefits of Hakko's FM-206 3-Port Rework Station, as well as the several handpiece configurations and replacement parts available.When it gets down to using this solder station, it has the power to make quick and clean solder connections. The use of a “control card” to change settings is slightly awkward, but it is more intended for use in a factory where an engineer sets the settings and the technicians are not supposed to change it. If you can see the band highlighted in the 2nd picture, then the tip is NOT fully inserted into the locking sleeve.

The performance of the tips are definitely the best part of the deal with Hakko, and the feel of the handle and cord are right up there as well. Beeps: when the iron is placed into its holder, it will go into sleep mode, cooling off to a lower temperature, and when removed it will heat back up again in a few seconds. Perhaps the components to solder selected by the seller not where the best option, but all connectors that I did solder with the Pace at showroom took the same time and effort than with the 951 and most the same time than the 888D. For holding small components, purchased the Wiha 44501 Stainless Steel Fine Point Professional ESD Precision Tech Tweezer with Static Dissipative Grip and Hypo Allergenic, 130mm Overall Length. I used to be an old Weller (notice the iron in my avatar) and Hakko guy and used Pace among other brands years ago at work.The tip heats up before I know it, maintains the temperature constantly, and the high-quality chisel tip provides precision working on small components. The T15 Series includes almost 100 varieties of tip shape and size covering any soldering or rework application. Changing tips, I see the airgap and there's the problem - you can't get good heat transfer that way, for both the sensor or the heater. Both stations permit change the temperature, in my hakkos I set the presets when I use the first time and never touch temp again. I test my tips against a temp checker (a Hakko clone) when I remember it or I am very bore with the Job (it's an excuse to stop working).

In general terms I prefer my hakko essentially because I have been using them for years (actually in the 951 were months ) but Pace seemed like a good solder station, it honors the brand, but nothing I have tried seemed really better than in Hakko or others brands. It comes supplied with the FM2028 soldering iron which is an easy to use lock type iron which allows for quick and easy switching of tips.To put these new tools to the test, took the sky-wired circuit from Building an H-Bridge from a salvaged Uninterruptible Power Supply and soldered it on a perforated RadioShack circuit board. Can be used in combination with the HAKKO 490 smoke cleaner or the HAKKO 494 smoke absorbing system for line-production. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Other than the spatula tip and TWO lengths of bent conical, T18 has slighty better, slightly more comprehensive variety of tips for general SMD soldering, IMO).

In my Hakkos or in the Pace that I test I set one temp and solder almost all of the components without compromise. In the Pace I can change the temperature easiest than Hakko, but the presets are the same to change or worst and really I use the presets all the time, never I need to change the working temperature in 2 degrees, If one preset it's not ok I take the next one.The FX-951 is, and if you don't want to spend that much on it, you can get one of the Chinese T12 soldering stations (which work reasonably well - much better than the FX-888).