soldering iron.
 

Hi guys,
Any recommendations on the best soldering iron / station to go for? Not wanting to spend a fortune but don't want a cheapo rubbish one either. Cheers :thumbsup:

I bought a station from Maplin. It's been brilliant

solder station
 

HI
If you follow the link below, I have 2 types of solder station for sale, as already said the maplin one is really good but it is a bit bulky in your hauler bag, the precision gold one is better for your hauler bag but the iron itself is not as good.

http://www.oople.com/forums/search.php?searchid=5606634

Regards Sam

Cheers for the replies, I bought the exact Maplin station yesterday and took it back. It only had a point tip rather than a flat chisel type. The extra tips available were all of the same point type. What's the one you have Jim?

These are worth a look.
https://www.rapidonline.com/portasol...on-kit-54-3021
Mine has been going for a while now.

tips
 

The precision gold one has a choice of tips

http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/replacemen...-station-a19kk

Regards Sam

The Team Corally Solder Station is excellent and only £69.99. It's worth considering the Solder tip set also so that you have a range of tips for the job.

http://insidelinemodels.com/images/s...512-UK-800.jpg

http://insidelinemodels.com/images/s...-48513-800.jpg

Nice one Kev, just ordered one :thumbsup:

Good choice! will be one it's way to you tomorrow :thumbsup:

if you need a 12volt 50watt iron let me know as I used to sell the best on the market called spec racing iron formally known as wasp racing soldering iron

Still gave my wasp iron and still going strong after 20 years :thumbsup:

Thanks for all the info guys. All sorted now.

Those wasp soldering irons were brilliant.

wasp / Spec Racing. Still using mine 26 years later, plus have a new one packaged as back up. Best irons for racing as they take up virtually no room in your pit bag and red hot in under 30 seconds.

Is this a re-baged Wasp Iron?

I bought it from Apex Models about 15 years ago. It still works great however I would love to know if there are any replacement tips which fit.

WASP/SPEC
 

No Bretts,

Very similar, this is the WASP/SPEC this is mine some 20+ yrs old. Still as good as the day I bought it.....:thumbsup:

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Look on eBay for 8mm copper rod and make your own