I use two soldering stations. One for tinning the other for assembly.
The Hako 936 is a great all around soldering station with different tips available. Right down to a needle fine tip that I use for soldering nano LED's.
The American Beauty resistance soldering station is now a tool I must own. I borrowed it from a friend to use on this project. It would not be possible to build it with out it.
I had never used one before now and didn't think it was anything I needed because I had the Hako. Boy was I wrong. I now fully recommend it for anyone building photo-etched assemblies.
It makes things possible that that would have been difficult if not impossible before. The one in the picture has what the call the pliers end. The one I used has the probe end which are tiny and act like tweezers
Here is another item that is nearly done I used both irons for. This is the main mast of the OHP.
I knew that they had to be soldered just for strength as I have a hbit of breaking assemblies I glue together and as there were so many parts to these it was a must.
Thanks
Tom