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Reddit mentions of Hakko Adjustable Temperature ESD Soldering Station 60W 936
Sentiment score: 3
Reddit mentions: 3
We found 3 Reddit mentions of Hakko Adjustable Temperature ESD Soldering Station 60W 936. Here are the top ones.
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I highly recommend the
Hakko 936 soldering ironHakko 888 soldering iron, which is still actually available. It's hard to fathom how a $100 soldering iron could be that much better than a $20 one, but once you start doing anything more serious than just sticking some wires together, it's worth it.As for other tools,
As for components, I've been buying them piece-meal for years, so other's will probably be able to yield you a better recommendation for kits than anything I can find just from a quick search. I do mostly digital work, so as far as passives, my main stock is:
If I need any other resistor for a specific project, I'll tend to just buy an extra 10 and keep them in labeled coin envelopes.
Random other pieces:
Edit: Fixed the soldering iron model.
Disclaimer: I'm using my Amazon Associate links for all of these, which always feel a little amoral and a conflict of interest, but really, if my apartment were to go up in flames and I could afford it, I'd buy every link on this list right now. Does anyone have strong opinions one way or the other on using them?
This guy is pretty well recommended. I just bought one and it's pretty friggen sweet.
I typed up a great list last night, then somehow, I managed to screw it up and lost the whole thing. So I decided to heck with it... and found a beer.
Let's try again.
Standard tools:
Standard tools with more specific uses:
Finally, pinball specific tools:
That should be about it. At least to get started. Depending on where you go from there, there are a bazillion things you could spend money on. But since you only have one machine right now, this basic list should take you a very long way. And don't kill yourself buying a ton of expensive specialty tools like fancy soldering irons if you don't think this is something you'll want to do a lot of. If you decide you like it and want to spend more money later, those are great upgrades.