Soldering iron/gun

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Soldering iron/gun

Post by Nintendo65Portable » Sat Jul 03, 2010 6:18 pm

Is this soldering iron/gun good?



140/100 Watts, 120v Universal Soldering Gun
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Catalog No. 8200
UPC Code 037103475848
Type Single
Wattage 140 W/100 W
Temperature Range 1020° F/900° F
Cord Length 6 ft.
Components Supplied 7135
Packaging Retail Box
Tech. Spec. Solder_Safety_Warnings.pdf
Lineart 8200.pdf
Low Res. Image 8200_100.jpg
High Res. Image 8200_300.jpg
Operating Ins. D550-8200_Gun_Instructions.pdf
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Product Features:

* All purpose gun, 120v
* Dual-heat gun produces 140 or 100 watts with pistol grip design
* Fingertip trigger selects high (1st trigger position)
* Or low output (2nd trigger position), ready to use in 6 seconds
* High efficiency, tin-plated copper tip
* Light illuminates work
* UL and cUL listed

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Re: Soldering iron/gun

Post by Nintendo65Portable » Sat Jul 03, 2010 6:19 pm

Can someone teach me how to solder with it too because I don't know what to do :(

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Re: Soldering iron/gun

Post by Tibia » Sat Jul 03, 2010 6:38 pm

100/140W? Great for soldering plumbing pipe, and other larger scale metal repairs. Also great for frying electronics.

Most of the stuff here is done by 25-40W, I think some people might use 60w on occasion. As for learning, go to YouTube and search for soldering tutorials. No one here's gonna hold your hand, so get used to using the search functions.
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Re: Soldering iron/gun

Post by Nintendo65Portable » Sat Jul 03, 2010 7:15 pm

when you press done the trigger it bursts out with heat! its awesome!

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Re: Soldering iron/gun

Post by budnespid » Sat Jul 03, 2010 7:25 pm

Have fun!

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Re: Soldering iron/gun

Post by Tibia » Sat Jul 03, 2010 7:35 pm

Hey Bud, think the end result might look something like your avatar? :twisted:
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Re: Soldering iron/gun

Post by budnespid » Sat Jul 03, 2010 7:47 pm

Exactly. :twisted:

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Re: Soldering iron/gun

Post by Nintendo65Portable » Sat Jul 03, 2010 8:28 pm

hold the trigger for 5 seconds and the temparature is fine.

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Re: Soldering iron/gun

Post by Tibia » Sat Jul 03, 2010 9:08 pm

Nintendo65Portable wrote:Can someone teach me how to solder with it too because I don't know what to do :(
Nintendo65Portable wrote:hold the trigger for 5 seconds and the temparature is fine.
And you base your second astute assumption on what, now?

ETA: Would you like some bacon and toast with your fried electronics?
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Re: Soldering iron/gun

Post by snowpenguin » Sat Jul 03, 2010 9:19 pm

"I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT IM DOING AND IM A N00B HALP MEH IM TOO LAZY TO SEARCH MYSELF"

"I KNOW MORE THAN YOU 140W IS FINE STOOOOFOOOO"

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Re: Soldering iron/gun

Post by Sparkfist » Sun Jul 04, 2010 8:02 am

Like always start out building your soldering and desoldering skills on dead electronic devices. Try to remove the components, add wires, ect. This will give you the baseline for how long you might need to hold the trigger to get the tip hot enough.

Just remember to tin your wires. That means you melt some solder on them before you connect it to a board or component.

Happy soldering.

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Re: Soldering iron/gun

Post by kuzimoto » Sun Jul 04, 2010 10:22 am

Here is a tutorial that I think thoroughly covers an introduction on soldering, and how to correctly do it.

http://store.curiousinventor.com/guides/How_to_Solder

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