Ok so heres the jizz,
Im starting to question the continuity of my job, ive had like a week off and the boss says there just isnt that much work around that he needs me, hes still taking his son every day or two for the odd job, understandable, hes an apprentice so he gets paid regardless of wether he does work or not and its better to take him for light assistance work for jobs that realistically only need 1 guy anyway.
Even so, my parents think i messed up somewhere and it seems their paranoia is contageous, i feel as though my money supply will be cut short and i just made several large investments and burned allot of cash lately, i wasnt focusing because i forgot to take my medication.
Money is becoming scarce once again, and ill soon maybe have to rely on my ebay store for spending money.
Today i spent $100 on junk i wanted but didnt neccesarily need, at the end i bought a keyboard stand as a last buy sort of deal, but only now have i realized that something i legitimately have needed and wanted for quite some time was a decent soldering station so i can at last do SMD soldering, or at least do some accurate regular soldering, when it comes to building a project i couldnt care less about time so long as i dont burn any parts and overall do everything as neatly and as high a quality as possible within reason ( strong appropriately thick solder joins ).
A while back i bought a cheap hardware store 40W soldering iron to try and do some soldering, it was horrible plus it got so hot that the tip of the tip became oxidized to the point it was practically unuseable for anything but blotchy auto electrical work (which is kind of what its meant for anyway).
What im getting at is that im looking for a tempurature controlled soldering station of which i can also do SMD soldering with, something which i can find numerous different sized tips for to replace or change over to meet the project demands (obviously ill need a finer tip for SMD) i just want something that will give me allot of options because i dont want to have to buy another soldering station for at least the next 6 years, just because i cant get a specific tip for my station that prevents me from soldering to some degree or range of parts. For all intents and purposes a do anything general purpose quality soldering station is what im after.
Specifically, since i cant buy one, i want to eventually build my own composite driven LCD driver, though its not the only project it is one ide like to do quite soon.
Anyway, does nayone have any suggestions for a fair priced tempurature controlled soldering station ( SMD guides always recomend wellers), which i can do roughly everything with?
Nothing too fancy mind you.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Im starting to question the continuity of my job, ive had like a week off and the boss says there just isnt that much work around that he needs me, hes still taking his son every day or two for the odd job, understandable, hes an apprentice so he gets paid regardless of wether he does work or not and its better to take him for light assistance work for jobs that realistically only need 1 guy anyway.
Even so, my parents think i messed up somewhere and it seems their paranoia is contageous, i feel as though my money supply will be cut short and i just made several large investments and burned allot of cash lately, i wasnt focusing because i forgot to take my medication.
Money is becoming scarce once again, and ill soon maybe have to rely on my ebay store for spending money.
Today i spent $100 on junk i wanted but didnt neccesarily need, at the end i bought a keyboard stand as a last buy sort of deal, but only now have i realized that something i legitimately have needed and wanted for quite some time was a decent soldering station so i can at last do SMD soldering, or at least do some accurate regular soldering, when it comes to building a project i couldnt care less about time so long as i dont burn any parts and overall do everything as neatly and as high a quality as possible within reason ( strong appropriately thick solder joins ).
A while back i bought a cheap hardware store 40W soldering iron to try and do some soldering, it was horrible plus it got so hot that the tip of the tip became oxidized to the point it was practically unuseable for anything but blotchy auto electrical work (which is kind of what its meant for anyway).
What im getting at is that im looking for a tempurature controlled soldering station of which i can also do SMD soldering with, something which i can find numerous different sized tips for to replace or change over to meet the project demands (obviously ill need a finer tip for SMD) i just want something that will give me allot of options because i dont want to have to buy another soldering station for at least the next 6 years, just because i cant get a specific tip for my station that prevents me from soldering to some degree or range of parts. For all intents and purposes a do anything general purpose quality soldering station is what im after.
Specifically, since i cant buy one, i want to eventually build my own composite driven LCD driver, though its not the only project it is one ide like to do quite soon.
Anyway, does nayone have any suggestions for a fair priced tempurature controlled soldering station ( SMD guides always recomend wellers), which i can do roughly everything with?
Nothing too fancy mind you.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.