where to buy cheap soldering iron?

[sniperruff]

basically i've never soldered before... but this crappy coolermaster "dual storm" fan's speed controller ripped off when it came out of the box, and it'd be an easy soldering job...

so where to get a cheap soldering iron?

 

[jlee]

http://www.builderdepot.com/browse.ihtml?pid=114803&step=5&prodstoreid=1729

 

[WW]

any hardware store....radio shack....walmart

 

[hollowman]

i've got mine from Sears.

 

[Engineer]

As others have said, WalMart or Radio Shack (RS would have a bigger selection of irons and solder. Rosin core works nicely)

 

[DrPizza]

Since it's your first time soldering, make sure you google for a couple of "how to's" before you get started. Proper technique can make it much easier, plus it may give you some idea about how powerful (watts) of a soldering iron, type of tip, etc. that you'll want for your project.

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

As stated above, read a couple of tutorials.

Shop http://www.allelectronics.com/ . If you buy here, get some heat shrinkable tubing
at the same time for covering the joints/splices.

...Galvanized

 

[sniperruff]

thanks guys. will check the links out.

 

[dandruff]

goto Lowes ... cheapest (compared to RS and WM) about $7.49 ... includes everything needed ...

 

[Analog]

Dollar store had them. 35W.

 

[nboy22]

cheap ones at radio shack

 

[DaTT]

all basic soldering irons are cheap.

 

[Black88GTA]

I have this one.

Heats up nearly instantly, has a light, and a trigger. Much better than a regular iron, unless you're doing precision work.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Black88GTA
I have this one.

Heats up nearly instantly, has a light, and a trigger. Much better than a regular iron, unless you're doing precision work.

That's a little overkill, methinks.

 

[0roo0roo]

radio shack/frys

 

[xrax]

Originally posted by: yellowfiero
Dollar store had them. 35W.

Yeah I have seen them at the dollar store