we have one of
THESE at work, it's pretty sweet
I decided to order this one. Thanks for the recommendation. Should be here tomorrow so i can see how it works. I had a gift card so it was only 35 bucks with the 4 year replacement plan.
I don't plan to use it alot, I'll still use my big gun for heavy wires so this will be for doing smaller stuff. Maybe even try my hand at fixing some circuit boards. I have a bunch of broken electronic gizmos that were too small for me to ever try soldering. One is a really really expensive flashlight that has a little broken capacitor or something on the circuit board that I've always wanted to get fixed but was too small for me to ever attempt.
All I'm good at right now is sticking wires and terminals together. I did fix a USB cable a couple months ago by soldering on a new end. That was quite the accomplishment for me lol. especially with only a butane soldering iron with no heat adjustment.
I actually first attempted this with my TIG seam welder that can go down to .5 amps. I figured with the amps at minimum I might be able to pulse it for half a second and it would just zap the solder in. That did not end well...