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TrojanPastries
25mW Classic Wicked Laser
Joined: 13 May 2008
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 Posted: 6/21/08, 11:07 PM Post subject: Can anyone |
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The soldering iron I currently have is a total piece. Every time I try to solder anything electronic, the solder never even melts and the component(especially laser diodes  ) cooks to death. Its not the solder, I've tried several brands, all with the same result. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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\"I have astigmatism. My optometrist says it comes from years of doing stand-up comedy and
staring into the bright lights. He says he can fix it though, with laser surgery. I said oh
yeah, what are you gonna do? He said well, Im going to shine this light in your eye...\"
--Jeremy Hotz |
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CrazyKenny
Elite Laser
Joined: 03 May 2007
Posts: 146
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Location: Germany
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| Posted: 6/22/08, 2:52 AM Post subject: |
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try google shopping search for soldering needle.
It is a 12V 8W Soldering iron, perfect for small things that shouldn't get to much heat 
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green 3~8mw ebay laser
green 50mw ebay laser (mounted on telescope)
homemade DVD-Burner Laser (~120mW, divergence: 0.05 !)
RGY laserscanner (130mW red 60mW green) 
300mW green Laser module from ebay 
money spent on lasers: ~1800 $ (some are broken...) |
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TrojanPastries
25mW Classic Wicked Laser
Joined: 13 May 2008
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| Posted: 7/02/08, 12:18 AM Post subject: |
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| CrazyKenny wrote: |
try google shopping search for soldering needle.
It is a 12V 8W Soldering iron, perfect for small things that shouldn't get to much heat |
My google must be broken, I'm not searching through 80 pages of results. My sincere thanks anyway. 
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\"I have astigmatism. My optometrist says it comes from years of doing stand-up comedy and
staring into the bright lights. He says he can fix it though, with laser surgery. I said oh
yeah, what are you gonna do? He said well, Im going to shine this light in your eye...\"
--Jeremy Hotz |
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Xyrax
25mW Classic Wicked Laser
Joined: 03 Aug 2008
Posts: 25
Location: New Jersey
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| Posted: 8/06/08, 8:37 PM Post subject: |
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| If you're still looking for a good soldering iron I suggest the Weller WESD51 soldering station. Heats up fast and maintains its temperature well. I've used it for surface mount soldering (with a smaller tip I purchased) and it worked perfectly. It costs around $130 USD though. Not sure if you're willing to spend that much. |
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