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    Default best soldering iron for leadlight?

    Hi all, I want to order a soldering iron from gasweld for leadlight work, I have been told that weller irons are very good, so have narrowed the search down to the WLC80D weller 5-80watt variable heat station or the W100D 100 watt temp controlled iron. As this is my first go at leadlight, I don't know which would be best. I would much appreciate input on these or any other recommended iron's, thank you.
    Stephen

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    A temp controlled iron may be overkill if you are only doing small amounts. In fact in our business we only use a basic weller 80 watt or a similar chinese 80 watt we sell for leadlight. We do use 100-150 watts for other work but 80 watts is the minimum power you really want for general leadlighting and a temp controller only reduces the amount of available heat, so unless you are doing a lot of very small work I wouldn't bother. My 2 cents.
    The difference between work and play is having the right tools!

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    Default Have bought iron

    Thanks Flippin' I posted this some time ago, and fortunately bought the wellar 80 watt iron which I have found to be very good, Thanks very much for your guidance.

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    No worries stephen, I haven't been on here much lately, but slowly getting back to my timber. PM me if you need any other help...
    The difference between work and play is having the right tools!

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