[sdiy] WTCPT Tips

[Tim Ressel]

Those of us in Portland, Oregon, the land of molds and
mildews, can't keep a sponge that long. But hey, they
are cheap.

--TR

--- John L Marshall <john.l.marshall at gte.net> wrote:
> Byron,
> 
> I still use the original sponge on mine. It is more
> than 30 years old. Just
> keep the sponge sopping wet.
> 
> Patchell saw and commented on this old iron at the
> PNW synth meeting.
> 
> 
> Take care,
> John
>
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> Pacific Northwest DIY Synthesizer meeting, July 20,
> 2002
> See: www.sound-photo.com
>
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> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <thescum at surfree.com>
> To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
> Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 12:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] WTCPT Tips
> 
> 
> > > 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
> 


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