Why didn't I buy this sooner!

[ferrebee88]

Seriously...
I have been using a crappy soldering iron and have had a hard time soldering connectors and other things. I thought it was just bad skill on my part until I Finally broke down and bought this. Wow! What a difference! This jig helps a lot too!

 

[Doom!]

I felt the same way when I bought a new soldering iron. Really makes a big difference.

 

[tntpoof]

if you never had a good iron in your hands 1 will never know Had a great iron in my shop since 1983

 

[Monkey Wrench]

This is a skill I have yet to master! I need to lok up some tutorials on soldering!

 

[TRAT]

Try TIG just saying

 

[nino]

I got a soldering station off Hobbyking for 10 bucks or so, so much better than a regular stick. Just needed a beefier tip to act as a heat reservoir and soldering XT90s became easy peasy.

 

[Greywolf74]

Seriously...
I have been using a crappy soldering iron and have had a hard time soldering connectors and other things. I thought it was just bad skill on my part until I Finally broke down and bought this. Wow! What a difference! This jig helps a lot too!

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I love my TK-950 Station. I bought mine back before Horizon bought them out but its still running strong after well over a decade. Also as a side note, if you want to be able to use genuine Hakko soldering iron tips on your Trakpower instead of being limited to the 3 or 4 tips that Trakpower makes then heres a video on how to do it.

This is a skill I have yet to master! I need to lok up some tutorials on soldering!

While this video isnt exactly a how to solder it does give what I feel are really solid pointers and some various tips and tricks that will make your soldering better. Once you watch a basic how to solder video, you may want to come back and watch this video as well.