Vintage Synth Repair

On Fri, 1 Mar 2002, Tom Moravansky wrote:

> Question - for those of you with temperature-controlled soldering and
> desoldering stations, what temperature do you normally have it set to
> when working on your standard synth circuit boards?  I'm at 300 C,
> but sometimes I have to boost it to unsolder something from a large
> ground plane.
> 
> Anyone else?

  I typically use 310C to 350C.  For stuff that needs a lot of heat, I use 
a different iron (TC201 pencil with "#7" flat tip).  As long as the flux 
isn't boiling, I am in the right temperature range. ;)

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