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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on April 28, 2020 at 6:36am

You can find those "Pencil" type solding irons and tips at Walmart or Harbor Freight along with tips for your old Weller Iron.

Permalink Reply by Kigar on April 28, 2020 at 2:03pm

My marginal soldering skills at least doubled going from a pencil type to a basic solder station. It gets hotter and has a dial to adjust the temp. It was pretty cheap on Amazon, there are better ones too with digital temp control if you want to upgrade.

Permalink Reply by Southern Ray on April 29, 2020 at 4:59am

 Thanks guys! I can find the tips with the internal threads everywhere, but I can't find a fine point tip with the external threads like this:

These are the MT-1 tips. I can also find the other two replacement tips which resemble flat blade screwdrivers. The tip of the MT-1 could stand to be a lot sharper/smaller for circuit boards. I may go buy a station in the next few days... Other ideas?

Thanks in advance,

Ray

Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on April 29, 2020 at 8:00am

Just did a Google search and got 4 companies/websites that sell those.

Permalink Reply by Southern Ray on April 29, 2020 at 7:49pm

 I can get the MT-1s, but not the sharper pointed ones. Your search skills are a lot better than mine.

Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on May 1, 2020 at 8:12am

Lots of sets on Amazon that has the tip you want and Granger has them.

Permalink Reply by BrianQ. on April 30, 2020 at 5:23am

Yea, buy a solder station, you’ll be glad you did

Permalink Reply by Southern Ray on April 30, 2020 at 5:06pm

Thanks, Brian. Several others have said the same. I'll try to get one sometime in the next few days. 

Thank you

Permalink Reply by Southern Ray on May 1, 2020 at 10:45am

 Thank you Paul. 

 I'm going to get the dull-tipped ones at the top of my post and keep it for auto and household wiring and get me an adjustable station with the sharp tip for working with circuit boards. I hope to play with guitar and amp electronics quite a bit while I learn. I have a few bucks spending money for a change and think I should go ahead and bite the bullet. 

Thanks again!

Ray

Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on May 2, 2020 at 11:05am

Those solder stations are great. Saves you from pulling out your hair or throwing things in rage. Haha

Permalink Reply by BrianQ. on May 2, 2020 at 1:56pm

I second that, Paul :D

Permalink Reply by Southern Ray on May 2, 2020 at 5:47pm

 Well you can never go wrong having the right tools. Too often, I can't afford the right ones. Gonna go ahead and jump in and get a station.