Mystery Package Left at my Door

[@nathanswift2303]

Hey Dave your very welcome mate enjoy your beautiful gift

[@12voltvids]

Thanks

[@PaulaXism]

What a kind and thoughtful gift. Somebody remembered how heartbroken you were when the old one failed for such a minor component. My faith in humanity just went up by 1 point. (and this week it's nearly reached negative numbers.. so absolutely required to keep me from swearing at next door's cat for no reason)

[@12voltvids]

I wouldn't go as far as saying I was heartbroken. I was looking for a replacement iron and couldn't find one.

[@tonyperek7292]

You’re right.PaulaXism, there are still some good hearted people left in this cold and cruel world. That person will be blessed beyond measure. When I see what’s going on amongst today’s people it makes me just want to say to heck with it all.

[@danmackintosh6325]

Nothing at all to be gained, even in satisfaction, from swearing at next door's cat (or any animal other than human, tbh). Humans are the ones that warrant the bad words ;)

[@Wenlocktvdx]

Kudos to whoever sent you it, obviously greatly appreciated. Reminds me of my Dick Smith iron I bought in 1978 while at college. It was on the bargain table as faulty. I ended up replacing the barrel, op amp, and two zeners as the thermocouple had shorted to the heating element sending 22V AC into the op amp. Still much cheaper than a new one and still going today.

[@danmackintosh6325]

That is so sweet of someone to think of you & to go to such lengths as to deliver it to your home address. Thank you whomever sent this, on behalf of Dave's subscribers. A well deserved treat-especial.

[@12voltvids]

The probkem with my home address is the delivery people can't / don't read the sign advising to leave around the back and leave it at the door in plain sight. The crooks that follow the big brown trucks around have a field day. A DAT and cassette deck were pinched last year by people that made that mystake. That's why i have a PO box.

[@endall39]

Very thoughtful giver. Also, great to see such a well-engineered and built tool live on in the hands of a skilled tradesman/craftsman!

[@12voltvids]

Will get lots of use. Already retired the other irons.

[@focus82grothm.84]

What a heartwarming gift, well deserved to you 😊👍

[@lawrencecavens5760]

well Dave you are well worth it - for all the saving of electronics you save out of the land fill, even though I wasn't the one who sent it - It pays to have good tools to do the work. Like the saying goes {they don't make them like that any more} which is really a shame - seeing how long they last since they were manufactured back in the day... What a awesome Gift...

[@12voltvids]

I can only attempt to save the old stuff the modern stuff forget it. Can't be bothered with that crap, you know the stuff that's designed to fail after like 2 or 3 years.

[@zulumax1]

Still got my original WTCPT Weller solder station that I got from where I worked at Physio Control in 1986. They were getting rid of all the soldering stations on the benches because they were going to lead free solder, so employees were offered the old ones for $10 each. Got an assortment of 700 tips and one 800.

[@paulb4uk]

Great bit of kit nice to be sent something so useful .

[@rennethjarrett4580]

The iron you had in you had at 9:36 that the tips can't get tight. You could try using a flaring tool on that tip holder on the flared end carefully, or add a tiny lock washer to the tip ridge. Also whenever working with plastic and screws, turn the screw backwards till you feel or hear it click into the right groove, then screw it in. Else you will jam it or cut another thread into that plastic eventually making it a useless plastic that will not get tight or crack off the plastic stud column.

[@allenrusselljr]

The joys of children. Last summer i watched my autistic son (non verbal 7 year old) stop on his kick scooter behind a neighbors older mini cooper and try to push the rear window wiper up. Something snapped inside followed by the plastic housing also cracking. I was a few feet behind and even though i yelled "stop, dont touch" it was too late. That was a hundred dollar part and i supplied the labor. Thank you for the video going over that weller. Ill keep my eye out for one.

[@12voltvids]

Glad I am past that stage. Mine are 24 and 27. I do remember however when things that you thought could not break got broken. Lol.

[@larryhuff3383]

I have the Weller WCPN iron wth the magnetic tips you mention. This has been a workhorse for me for over 40 years. Tips and heating elements are still available from DigiKey. Temperature is marked on the magnet (6 or 7) for 600 or 700 F. Like you had said in an earlier video the iron holder for these older irons works great. It’s a simple but reliable setup that I hope keeps going for many more years.

[@12voltvids]

Yeah we had a couple of the magnetic tip irons at the shop. I think there was two of them and then mine that I brought in. In the last couple years when I was at the shop by myself and there was no other text working with me I just used the stuff that was at the shop because my cheap ass boss would make me pay for the replacement tips for my iron. once he started deducting the cost of the tips for my iron that I would order from my paycheck I took my iron home and let him supply them. Again I could write a book on some of the shenanigans that went on at that place for 20 years that I was there even down to the straw that broke the camel's back when I walked out in 2003 but I won't. At least not yet someday maybe I'll open up on some of the ongoings. I'm not only because the former owner it's still around his ex-wife is still around and one of his sons still around his other son passed away couple years ago of a brain tumor unfortunately.

[@Hitek146]

The soldering iron being one of your most important tools, I've often wondered why you have never purchased a used "Ferrari" rather than use a "Corvette". I've used various Weller, Hakko, and other units over the years, but none have even come close to the Metcal system I used when I was at Texas Instruments. I currently have a Metcal PS-2E power supply using an MX-RM3E wand, with a selection of tips. This setup cost several thousand dollars when it was new, but a whole setup is currently on eBay for $125 including several tips! It heats up within a few seconds, has excellent thermal mass(depending on the tip you use), and most importantly, the end of my tips is only about two inches from the end of my hand, offering very precise control...

[@jasonthejawman5442]

good soldering units!!!! Weller

[@bryans8895]

That’s a wicked package to show up randomly at your door. In the future, can’t recommend the Hakko 951 enough. Like your sequre, every tip has its own element and thermocouple. Takes T12 tips like the sequre as well but with a proper transformer as opposed to a smps

[@12voltvids]

The sequre can run on anything. Battery, transformer, smps. All it cares is it gets 12-24v.

[@TMS5100]

or a good old classic hakko 936 if you can find a used one.

[@bryans8895]

@@12voltvids I can’t disagree, I use a ts100 for mobile work and I love it, I got it so I could bring my 951 tips with me, also obviously the input flexibility. Not quite as modern as the sequre but you can definitely tell where sequre got their inspiration.

[@Sans_Solo_]

Cool surprise gift for Dave and the channel!

[@johnb5519]

I feel happy for you. That's great.

[@alexispieltin9379]

Nice gift! You're a lucky guy... These old Weller irons were top quality and technology then, and they costed a lot. But when you choose such tool, you expect they last forever... I still use daily my Weller EC2002, basically the same with a black controller and reinforced antistatic protection . Also bought in 1986, I've only replaced 2 tips and sponge. However, I think you should replace the iron cord, wich seems in pretty bad shape. If you still have your original iron, a swap could be possible, if not too short!

[@dalemettee1147]

I guess that you'll have to get a sponge, unless you still have the old one.

[@Barbarapape]

A very generous gift, the Weller soldering stations were highly regarded, and are still excellent compared to the new temperature controlled far eastern ones that are cheap but not up to Weller quality. Sharing tools is all to familiar to me, the repair business was always ran on the cheap. I hope this one lasts you for many years Dave.🙂👍

[@lucylastik1887]

Sorry, but now I have to book a flight from the UK to Canada, travel to your workshop and TIDY THAT BENCH!! :-)

[@er5406]

I was always an Ungar brat. Started off working in geophysical electronics straight out of college.

[@markmarkofkane8167]

Someone likes you! Nice soldering station.

[@12voltvids]

I'm happy. Best soldering iron i have used.

[@douglashoff95]

I had one of these that served me for many many hours of soldering but unfortunately it finally bit the dust (same issue as your old one). I paid $139.00 for mine in 1981. I wish I could find another. I have a WTCPT that I found brand new on Ebay for $100, but it's just not the same.

[@12voltvids]

Best iron I have ever owned.

[@theoloutlaw]

Yeah, I'd like to see a shootout. I use a Yotec 936P, and for a cheap iron and control station, I think it's wonderful, no issues at all. I'm still curious how it measures up to one of these older solid made units. I look forward to that video.

[@w9gb]

Yotec 936P is a Clone of Hakko 936-12 (1990s).. which was improvement of Hakko 926 (1980s) - a Japanese copy of Weller’s EC-1000 Analog Dial station (1977-2003). Weller used Resistive Heaters; Ungar (Weller acquired 1996) used Ceramic heaters. Hakko used CERAMIC Heaters (Japanese gov’t and auto industry spent $1 billion on Ceramic Research in 1990s for ICE and Heating appliances.) CHINA can NOT build Handpiece heaters as good as the Japanese. No Research, Have not yet stolen skill set. Many Hakko 936 CLONES, actually buy Hakko Heaters in their Product !! Weller’s EC-1002 revision 3 station was last model (1996-2003) - great control board (No ceramic, Non illuminated Carling power rocker).

[@w9gb]

Weller TCP series uses a Magnetic Switch (SW60) “Magnistat” (165-2020) and special PTx7 Solder Tips. Heater plug-in EC-234 (1981-2020) or wired TC-208 (1965-1981)

[@kyoudaiken]

Already Christmas. Man, time flies!

[@stereomann83]

did you find the screw that fell on the floor?

[@12voltvids]

No actually I left it there.

[@stereomann83]

@@12voltvids oh i hate when i lose screws i can usually never find them. and just have to use ones that i saved from other components.

[@craggercragger8989]

Cool!! My first “good” soldering iron was one of the Magnestat Wellers. I retired it as it was old when I got it; one day I looked down at it and the tip was glowing red. I used the power supply with a new iron from Weller and that after a few months stopped damn heating up. I changed to a digitally controlled Hakko as it was what was in stock at our now defunct local electronics part shop in my home town in England UK (Maplin). I learnt proper technique with my Wellers and would happily change to one of theirs again if I needed to replace the Hakko. So glad to see you have your preferred tool back on the bench. It’s surprising how much different tools can change how we approach a job, even if the existing ones do actually work right. To reiterate again, though, Magnestat sucks.

[@robtitheridge9708]

I still use a weller TCP that i have had for over 40 years .if it goes wrong it will be bin time as the spares are extortionate .

[@supunthalangama3426]

This machine so Cute May Be useful for other work May Be wireing soldering.its has digital display measuring temperature.

[@KlonoaTorqueBow]

Do you find dual-iron stations any more convenient or easy to use than a single?

[@w9gb]

The EC200x is a Weller EC series (1977-2003) station. That is the early EC-1201 soldering iron (hand piece), 1977-early 1980s. IT IS REPAIRABLE.

[@12voltvids]

When my original iron broke I went to the local parts shop where I bought all my tips from in the past and they told me that the heater was no longer available. This was inaccurate it was just that they were no longer a well or dealer and didn't bother to tell me that instead they sold me a new iron. So by 1200 sat for years and years never could find a replacement iron for it wasn't so much the iron 80 that was just the heater that plugs into the end of the iron. When I completely left the business in 2003 I just put it away and forgot about it and I didn't do any electronic repair work for about 10 years. I did build my workbench, I built that workbench the year I left the shop as I figured I would go in business and start working out of my house but I never did and it was more just a tinker with stuff and pile a bunch of crap on. It wasn't until I started doing the KZbin videos that I realized I needed a good iron and I bought that cheapo hakko knock off which has been okay over the years had to be calibrated as it was way off temperature wise but once I got it set up it actually worked out quite well. Always wanted my ec1200 fixed and tried to find a replacement not just the heater this point but the entire iron as the handle was missing. It's probably around here somewhere and at some point I will probably find it but now I have another complete unit so I'm happy. Just have to find some more tips. Perhaps a trip to the parts store today is an order to get a few different tips for it.

[@frankowalker4662]

What a cool gift. :)

[@AlbertAGhazaleh]

It felt like I was watching kid at Christmas....

[@irishguy200007]

The start here, It's like a scene from Mission Impossible 3 and Ethan Hunt has sent a package to Owen Davian.

[@Aussiedave54]

Mystery package, opens it Boom. 😂

[@12voltvids]

I know what is coming. It's all expected.

[@puscasovidiu5060]

SUPERB.

[@KTHKUHNKK]

Wow that is a nice surprise package

[@donaldrgagne1691]

I wish someone would send me something like that.

[@len9518]

That's a really cool gadget you have for opening package. Where can I get one of those?

[@12voltvids]

What my Kline electricians scissors? They will cut just about anything.

[@davidhollfelder9940]

The K type thermocouple may be replaceable …

[@mcramp20]

Nice !!!!!

[@johncunningham5435]

If your like me Dave! "I don't like anyone touching my equipment".

[@HF-7DXM-6DXW-12]

I know your probably busy but mannnnn I wanna see more of that d1s :D

[@12voltvids]

Soon as i get a chance. Picked up another 10.00 laserdisk.

[@MartinSBrown-tp9ji]

These Weller soldering units never last me very long. I have had three units fail me in just two years . I fix model trains and only use the soldering station about two hours a day. Weller is just junk in my mind.

[@12voltvids]

Well this one was in use every day all day long for close to 20 years. I remember bringing it home in the last couple years that I was at the shop because my cheap ass boss refused to buy tips for it. I could use his iron in order a new tip every week if I wanted no problem but if I ordered a tip for my iron he would take it out of my paycheck. Same goes for batteries if I put a battery in his fluke meter the store paid for it if I put a battery in my fluke meter that was sitting on my bench at the shop I had to pay for the battery. Just a way that my old boss was just being a cheap ass didn't matter that he was making 60% or more on the repair. It was so bad that if I needed a new blank VHS tape for testing equipment in the back I was expected to pay for the tape even though it was a tape being used by the shop to repair customers machines. I could tell stories about that hell hole that I worked at but I won't. the guy that owned the shop even though it's long gone it's still around. Maybe someday after I read his name in the obits we can have that discussion about how difficult the place that I worked at for 20 years was to work there.

[@tonyd1149]

@@12voltvids Amazing. That would make a good book. Sorry. I'm glad you got that new Weller. (I wanted one for a long time, but did not have the funds for one. Purchased & used a Radio Shack plug in iron, think it was ~15Watts, with a pistol grip. Still have it but no longer use it (masking tape holding handle together). Thank you so much for your videos. God Bless.

[@chadstorer3384]

I have a fluke 12 and when i turn it on the display will not show anything what are some tips you have for troubleshooting this problem?

[@12voltvids]

I have done videos on it.

[@asbcustom]

Dave, send me your Kleins and I'll put an edge on them for you, they're way past due. I'll cover the return shipping too.

[@12voltvids]

These are still sharp as a razor and I have another pair that are still in the package. I have a pair of really old ones at work that are starting to show their age. Had them for 17 years and use almost every day.

[@asbcustom]

@@12voltvids I guess we have a different definition of "sharp" then, my offer stands, enjoy your new iron.

[@12voltvids]

@@asbcustom as long as it cuts what it is supposed to, it is sharp enough for me. I have cut myself s few times with it.

[@victorcoss2600]

Nice!

[@TurntableGuy]

Wish my viewers would send me a Weller...

[@KTHKUHNKK]

Cool it's a silent movie

[@12voltvids]

?

[@KTHKUHNKK]

@@12voltvids I will try to listen to it again it works no sound maybe it was my phone

[@KTHKUHNKK]

@@12voltvids This time it has sound these darn phones I swear

[@matthewbriggs9137]

You cut away from yourself, not towards.

[@12voltvids]

I'll cut whatever way i want

[@matthewbriggs9137]

@@12voltvids That's what the EMT will note next to 'cause of incident'.

[@12voltvids]

@@matthewbriggs9137 Won't be an incident. I was standing off to the side. So I was cutting away. Also these scissors are pretty small and not sharp like a knife.

[@daves_NOT_Here_Man]

I understand why you don't publicly post your full name on line (Even though I personally know it) There is always that one A#shole that WILL overstep the bounds. I respect peoples privacy. I'm a service tech too and there is always customers that just don't get it when I say just call the office.

[@12voltvids]

My name is common. There are 3 others out in my neck of the woods. I went to school with another guy with same name. I get calls from collection agencies looking for one of the others.

[@solarr2]

👍👍🇵🇱🇵🇱👍👍

[@gordselectronicshobby3853]

How do you work with all that crap on your bench? You must have very little respect for test equipment.

[@12voltvids]

I work quite well with it. You are the one with the problem.

[@charlescron4051]

He's made god only knows many hundreds of videos & repairs, compared to your 0 videos & repairs, that's how he works with all that crap on his bench.

[@12voltvids]

@@charlescron4051 i invited him to come over and clean it. No response.

[@henriquepereira4058]

Fake video I can see the soldering iron was used you can see the burnt mark

[@12voltvids]

How is this a fake video? A viewer sent me a used soldering iron. Of course it is going to look used. They haven't made this in 40 years. Loser

[@w9gb]

The Weller EC-series EC-120x hand pieces used a Type K Platinum Thermocouple (PTC). The 8-pin IC used in later EC-series controllers (~1990-2003) is likely Weller OEM version of the ON Semiconductor Zero Voltage Switch Power Controller paired with a TRIAC. www.onsemi.com/pdf/datasheet/uaa2016-d.pdf The Heater is 24 VAC (EC234, plug-in); EC-208/TC-208 wired in.

[@blackfilth669]

New artillery to fight the war against the VSX-D1S 🤣

[@b.powell3480]

That's sure nice of someone to send a replacement soldering iron !!, I'll have to look for one of those Weller soldering stations 🚉

[@SeanBZA]

You will drop a brick when you find the cost of the tips and the heaters though, they are expensive to buy.

[@b.powell3480]

@@SeanBZA yeah, that's right ! They are pricey, thanks

[@SeanBZA]

@@b.powell3480 Got one I have been putting off fixing, needs a new magnastat switch, because it was killed by a shorted heater. Both parts cost more than the iron that replaced it, though I am still looking out for the parts as used or as second hand. Tips I still have some I got cheap years ago, use them in other stations that fit the Weller parts, just the heaters do not. Even have the most expensive Weller tip, the flat pack version, because I needed it, so bought it. Now sits in a Solomon iron handle, that is swapped when it is needed to desolder large DIP packages, and power transistors with through hole plated boards with large copper area.

[@samsokolowski0140]

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[@12voltvids]

Hahaha. Not even close. It's amusing though.