January 14th 09, 02:21 PM
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First recorded activity by RadioBanter: Jun 2008
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WTB Weller soldering iron
Harold E. Johnson wrote:
Do yourself a favor:
http://www.kimcodistributing.com/sto...=461&ITEM_ID=7
Fixing a Weller is good money after bad.
Dave, I'm 82 years old, have been a homebrewer for over 65 of them, and
possibly have melted more solder than you weigh. I have had employees and
myself using Weller products for at least 50 years and could really get
along without your sage advise. Now if you have a spare TC201 around,
name your price.
W4ZCB
I'm with you Harold. I have both and prefer the Weller's much more
flexible cord to the pen.
Dale W4OP
Sigh! GM Dale. Good to hear from you as always. All I was trying to do was
find an operational TC201 to go with my TC202. (Now I have. Thanks to W9GB,
Weller at Apex, NC will repair my old one. Try to get the Chinese folks to
supply that kind of service.) Now I have also seen how these threads develop
a life of their own. It all seems to start with an indefagitable desire to
express an opinion instead of help. I do believe I wouldn't trade a TC201
for 10K opinions. Make that 100K. Pick any number!
Regards
W4ZCB
Hakko is Japanese. Weller is overpriced.
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