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In Reply to: RE: Weller all the way. posted by Michael Samra on July 14, 2016 at 18:29:03
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I've also been thinking about picking up a 100W Weller iron (W100P) for tough jobs, like soldering braid or strap to a steel chassis.
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FWIW, I have to finish refurbishing an old Wen gun I got off EBone. I had that same model in my early teens and LOVED it. It beat the living guano out of Weller. I was "forever" changing Weller's copper tips and the gun ultimately failed. The Wen's tip is iron and you can hold the trigger until it glows red, without having a failure.
Some (all?) current guns carrying the Wen brand are made in China. They may be OK, but ...
Eli D.
"Some (all?) current guns carrying the Wen brand are made in China."
I was afraid of that. I noticed on Amazon today that the description of the W100P Iron now says " imported ." I'll need to look for a good used one in order to get US quality.
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The WENs were a great iron but what I didn't like was the brittle cases on them.If you dropped them accidentally,you were sure to bust a chunk out of the case most of the time.
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong" H. L. Mencken
"If you dropped them accidentally,you were sure to bust a chunk out of the case most of the time."
Bakelite or something similar will do that. :> ( I did see pics of an old red cased gun (higher wattage) that was "more" epoxy than OEM material. ;> ) Obviously, the old "beast" still got the job done.
When I was a youngster, I saw a recommendation to put a few 1/4 inch or so wide rubber bands on a gun's handle, to prevent slips/drops and the broken plastic they caused. JB Weld is definitely something to have on hand. Glue the cracked plastic up and go back to work.
Eli D.
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