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ErgoDox Ergonomic Mechanical Keyboard Kit
nfergi
3
Nov 20, 2013
two questions here, as someone with no soldering experience (but i can mig weld) how much am i going to hate my self with this project? And what is a good soldering iron for this and possibly other projects?
mattmanning
0
Nov 20, 2013
nfergiYou want a soldering station like this: https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10707 You can spend more money on them, but that's a good basic one. Sparkfun and other places like Adafruit and Maker Shed have some fun, inexpensive soldering kits. You might want to try putting a couple of those together for practice before you dive straight in on the expensive keyboard kit.
kstx
12
Nov 20, 2013
nfergiWhat i can recommend is to invest in temp controlled soldering iron with good supply of tips. Like Hakko, Pace or Weller. Also you can get china irons that use tips from manufacturers mentioned earlier(make sure to check voltage/plug).I have Atten(Hakko-clone) that feels decent, altought plasticy, but good enough for occasional hotair soldering.
Personally I use Hakko 936 almost daily. There is plethora of clones that use same tips. For more modern version i recommend FX888D(different tips than 936).
Temp control is must becouse it lets you set right amount of heat for solder in use and leviates the problem of heating components too much.
kstx
12
Nov 24, 2013
mattmanningThat sparkfun one is really handy Hakko chinacopy indeed since you get warranty for that too(i guess..). Also if you decide to go with that i recommend to get bigger chisel tip for it, for easier time. Also dont do like they say in that product description, 250C is more than enough for basic smd/tht soldering and 350C is more for power/ground plane soldering and removing emal coating from wires and such(poison gasses!)
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