Thanks for the info GW. I did notice that the reheat time after its under load is a bit slow but like you said for the hobbyist it works. I've used many man pen irons, radio shack irons, and other low priced soldering tools. By far this is the best bang for your buck. I've spent a few hours...
Here is a video of me taking apart the Iron.
Here are detailed photos of the parts from the iron.
Replacement heating element
Parts
Thisckness of soldering tip
Length of sleeve on soldering tip
inside diameter of tip
Width of heating element
Well it seemed people wanted to know a bit more about this soldering station so I decided to open it up and take some photos.
With this view you can see the transformer, and get a feel for its size. This is the width The next pic is the length. (From Back)
This is the side view you also can...
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I was a bit weary before purchasing this item, so I asked some friends that do a...