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i need to get a soldering iron again. wait i'm going to go and by a feeler gauge and machinist's ruler today anyway, i should just… yeah

‪god bless leo fender and his commercial interests meaning that the most ubiquitous guitar designs are also the most easily modded‬

@hikari the soldering irons they sell in physical stores are mostly pieces of crap fwiw; there are some very very good irons available cheaply online now

@erincandescent @hikari SH72 in AliExpress is super cheap and good enough for casual electronics tinkering. can be powered via usb-c with the appropriate cable too.

@me @hikari I use an iron which takes Hakko T12 compatible tips.. It wasn't expensive at all and is powered by a standard 19v laptop brick. I really like it

@erincandescent hmm hmm if you can point me to any i'd appreciate it

@hikari I generally recommend most of the Hakko T12 tip compatible irons. Some people really like the Pinecil also.

In general lots of Chinese companies make irons compatible with high end iron tips and they all have very good price to performance ratio

@hikari (I recommend models with external power supplies, mostly because I don't 100% trust any of the manufacturers to get them right)

@erincandescent @hikari Pinecil and other TS101-style irons are very versatile, cost-effective, compact, portable, and easy to learn

@erincandescent @hikari my biggest piece of advice with them is to avoid the fine-point or ball-type tips in favor of something shaped like this, unless you're experienced and knowledgeable enough to really be sure you need something else

@erincandescent @hikari I haven't tried the iFixit iron yet, but it comes stock with a bevel tip instead of a ball/cone, which instantly gets it huge points in my book