tips for hakko 936, im not sure which ones to get

[daRk_Kon]

hey, ill be getting the hakko 936, but im not sure what tips i should buy, ill be working on 478 motherboards and PCBs like video cards such as a geforce 4 mx440 and mx420, so here are a bunch of tips i found but i dont know what to use or buy !?

http://www.hmcelectronics.com/cgi-bi...uct/0460-0004/

thanks for all the help

[bgavin]

Re: tips for hakko 936, im not sure which ones to get

I see a lot of favorable comments about the 1.6mm chisel tip.

[shadow]

Re: tips for hakko 936, im not sure which ones to get

Wow that soldering station looks exactly like mine! Except mine is a Lukey .

Mine came with a pencil tip. I can tell you right now that a 1.6mm chisel tip is heaps heaps better than a pencil tip for general electronics work. I guess pencil tips have their uses, not for soldering capacitors or MOSFET's which is the common application on motherboards.

[daRk_Kon]

Re: tips for hakko 936, im not sure which ones to get

i dont see the model your talking about on that sheet, could you please post a Cat. no.

isnt the 1.6mm chisel tip the standard tip it comes with?

[daRk_Kon]

Re: tips for hakko 936, im not sure which ones to get

nevermind, that site had it marked wrong, turns out it does come with it as the standard tip

sry for double post

[Neo2_000]

Re: tips for hakko 936, im not sure which ones to get

I have tried a number of tips and at the end of the day, I like the standard tip that comes with the iron. It seems to provide the best all round performance.

The narrow tips are better for clearing holes BUT the solder rides up the body leaving the tip dry which is not good and positively bad for soldering components.

With the standard tip it is good enough for soldering components and just narrow enough to probe stubborn PCB vias for removing solder with a dental pick.