Cheapest one I can find is Micromark for $199.00. They run to over $1000, why so expensive?
My guess would be more precise engineering and a more complex control system. A regular soldering iron is nothing but a heating element with a current controller, so it can be made very cheaply.
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ndbprrCheapest one I can find is Micromark for $199.00. They run to over $1000, why so expensive?
https://steamtraininfo.com/resistance-soldering/resistance-soldering-unit
they are worth every penny ... don't be so cheap ....
a good brand is american beauty ...
great info. thanks
I have never used one. I seem to read about them being used for scratchbuilding brass locomotives.
What else are they good for?
-Kevin
Living the dream.
SeeYou190 I have never used one. I seem to read about them being used for scratchbuilding brass locomotives. What else are they good for? -Kevin
As Edwin Starr put it in a song, absolutely nothing!
Rich
Alton Junction
richhotrain SeeYou190 I have never used one. I seem to read about them being used for scratchbuilding brass locomotives. What else are they good for? -Kevin Good question. As Edwin Starr put it in a song, absolutely nothing! Rich
Good question.
I have to disagree here. I bought the one from MicroMark and once I got the hang of it I love it. I wouldn't use it for electronics as I have heard (but don't recall where) the resistance method can damage them. But for everything else it is fantastic. I am in the process of laying track and I use the resistance soldering rig for soldering rail joiners in the curves and adding my power feeder wires to the track. All with no melted plastic ties.
Good Luck, Morpar
I upgraded to this high quality Weller soldering station a couple of years ago.
-Photograph by Kevin Parson
It has made soldering feeders (which was never very hard) extremely fast and easy.