Tools and supply reconndations

[evilkitty]

Is this still a/the recommend iron?
https://www.amazon.com/KSGER-Tempera.../dp/B07PYFSCJ9

*For use at a desk w/ cheap replacement tips available (if i need to get brand names ones for a specific use that is fine)
i would like something good for SMD parts on boards (not messing with BGA comments)
a tip recommendations would be nice

where should i get some flux and low melt solder from?

other tool recommendations?

Other tools i have or ordered:
ZD-915 de-soldering gun
Atten ST-862D (our fav. right to repair spokeman has these for $200, they were 230 or 240 last week)



Could have swore this side had a dark mode... maybe i am being blinded by the UI and can't find it again?

[stj]

new owner stole the dark mode to save server use
if your getting a 915 search my threads about making your own filter discs and adding an extra inline filter.
also the fan will need to be replaced at some point - thats covered too.

[sam_sam_sam]

Other tools i have or ordered:
ZD-915 de-soldering gun
Atten ST-862D (our fav. right to repair spokeman has these for $200, they were 230 or 240 last

You should have seen my modification to the ZD-915 type desoldering gun where I used an external switching power supply because the one that is in it is not designed very well and after many hours of use it has a tendency to fail I would highly recommend that you change the cooling fan and change the the resistor connection for the fan so it see 24 volt straight from the power supply instead of around 15 volts or so because they run the hell out of the 12 volt fan now I have one that has a 14 volt fan which is the way it comes originally but I also changed to a 24 volt and it moves more air and is not as noisy

Here is the post that I made about using an external switching power supply for ZD-987

https://www.badcaps.net/forum/troubl...g-power-supply

Apparently this desoldering gun station dose not use a switching power supply interesting but I do not like it price but it has a feature that is interesting however and it can be connected to your computer I am not sure exactly what it suppose to do for you

ATTEN GT-5150 high-power soldering station 150W high-power intelligent lead-free maintenance system welding station

https://www.aliexpress.com/i/2255801...apt=4itemAdapt

[sam_sam_sam]

You should have seen my modification to the ZD-915 ( proof of concept ) type desoldering gun where I used an external switching power supply because the one that is in it is not designed very well and after many hours of use it has a tendency to fail I would highly recommend that you change the cooling fan and change the the resistor connection for the fan so it see 24 volt straight from the power supply instead of around 15 volts or so because they run the hell out of the 12 volt fan now I have one that has a 14 volt fan which is the way it comes originally but I also changed to a 24 volt and it moves more air and is not as noisy

Here is the post that I made about using an external switching power supply for ZD-987

https://www.badcaps.net/forum/troubl...g-power-supply

I add the “proof of concept” but time had expired for me to do it

[evilkitty]

new owner stole the dark mode to save server use

how poorly does that have to have been implemented for that to be a issue? i find it hard to bevel what should just be a few lines of css a concern

i was mainly asking for a iron recommendation and any other stuff i really need eg tweezers, flux, low melt solder, stuff i would need to something like replace a power stage/mosfet on a GPU

for the zd-915 i have new caps to replace the crappy stock ones, making my own filters would be cool, but i have spare parts for it

[sam_sam_sam]

If you have an iron from the same company it also has the same switching power issues and the iron it self has an issue after many hours of use either the heating element or the temperature sensor wire fails the tips are decent for the most part