[sdiy] WTCPT Tips

[thescum at surfree.com]

> I'm going to order a Weller WTCPT at the
> recommendation of many of the list
> members, and now I just need to know, what
> extra tips should I order with
> it?
> Here's a link to the catalog page at mouser.com
> http://www.mouser.com/index.cfm?handler=fra_pdfset&pdffile=682
> Should I just use the one it comes with until I
> see a need for something
> else, or am is there other ones I will
> definitely want to have?

When I ordered my Weller iron, I bought a second of the small, pencil-like
tip.  It works for 90% of what I need to do.  And for the places where I need
something heavier, a higher power iron is also called for (like soldering
ground wires to guitar pots).

That was maybe 6 years ago...the spare tip is still in the package, and the
original is still doing very well.  It isn't like a "toy" iron, where the tip
loses it's point after a little while.

Get an extra sponge or two, instead.

Byron Jacquot