Pace ST-50

Well my Pace ST-50 just arrived today, along with the PS-90 Iron and a "cubby". Here are a few pics of the Soldering Station. I'm still waiting on my chisel tip kit to get here, which has like 6 different chisel tips. Although I'm a little worried because on the Iron it says 51w but in the manual it says 80w for the power station. Anyways I still can't wait to try it out. Guess I can go ahead and order my caps, some solder, and flux cleaner.







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Thanks for the Pic. Just found out I can get the Pace ST-50 with PS-90 Iron and Stand for $230. Think I'll take that over the Weller WD1002 for the same price.

Thanks again,

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thank you again. got to looking at the tip cleaner and it is mostly for lead free solder it looks like. but i will get some quailty 0.8mm 2.2% flux solder like you have and make sure I keep my tip tinned with that. i saw the hakko tip cleaner that looks like the one from goot with the shaved stuff. i'll have to get it from a different place but i'll pick one up because i read they were the best thing to keep your tip clean. looks like a brillo pad. i also saw this new [URL=http://www.all-spec.com/1/viewitem/WPB1/ALLSPEC/prodinfo/w3path=cat]cleaning block[/URL]...

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I'm gonna get a few different tips for which ever station I get as well as some sponges. I've got some 60/40 rosin core solder from radio shack but do if I need flux & tip tinner???

Sorry I told you I was a noob.

Jtrade

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i am still in a little bit of a struggle. i just received a quote via e-mail for a new PACE ST-50 with PS-90 Iron they are checking to see if it includes the stand. If it does I'm sold. I can get it for the same price I was going to pay for the Weller WD1002. I think either will do the job I need them to do but the Pace ST-50 looks a lot better and it can use 4 different attachments, which is a nice feature. Either way I will try and post a review. Even though my soldering skills are pretty much zero. (i've only replaced 3 dc jacks on laptop motherboards)...

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thanks willawake for the info. i just figured that some people here might have had some of the soldering stations listed. I think I am going to give the Weller WD1002 a try. I comes with an 85watt iron and a nice stand that has 4 adjustible positions. I can also use a 65watt iron which is able to use surface mount tips if I needed to remove surface mount components in the future. I found it for a great price and think I will give it a try.

again, thank you for all the info.

Jtrade

Please disregard the newbie question:

I am in need of purchasing a Soldering Station for Re-capping motherboards as I have 3 motherobards from my own pc's which have some busted caps and 1 motherboard on this pc that has some fixing to go.

I have read many many articles regarding Soldering Stations and I have narrowed it down to a few. I just wanted everyones opinion before I make my final purchase. Here is the list.

Weller WESD51 (Cheap)
[URL=http://www.cooperhandtools.com/brands/CF_Files/model_detail.cfm?upc=037103191328]Weller WESD51[/URL]...