Don't throw away that dead soldering iron, FIX IT!

[Bonzofly]

95% of my soldering jobs are in connection with my RC plane builds and shock horror, my soldering iron died the other day.

. Did you know you can get replacement elements? A 20 min job to save yourself £10. That's £30 an hour! Buys a couple of pints

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Here's how to replace the element.

 

[sprzout]

all depends on the soldering iron. If it's one of the cheap Harbor Freight soldering irons, NO. Emphatically NO. Those things are garbage to begin with.

If it's my Hakko FX-888D, most definitely I will repair it.