Need advice on a good soldering iron for first timer

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For components, check out Digikey or Mouser. Though Ebay/Amazon etc works too if you're just messing around and don't care too much about quality/genuinty. (is that a word?) I often just go on Digikey and then order in small batches to have stuff on hand. If you do an order for over $200 then it's free shipping.

Cool. I'm familiar with Mouser and Digikey. I've used them before to order 32 KB x 8 SRAM cache chips for my DEC and TDK 486 boards. It's amazing what 128kb of L1 cache can do for a 486.

Anyway, getting ot. It's good to know that there are some reputable online sellers that I am familiar with. I'll look at Amazon and Ebay as well. Thanks for all the suggestions.