Three hours to the border? That's pretty close (then again it's like six or seven hours to the Canadian border from New York City)

Nothing fancy really needed if all you're doing is occasional work.

I use one of these 30-watt pencils.

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It's enough for most PC board work. For soldering to metal chassis or heavy contacts, you might want a 100 watt or more soldering gun.



[This message has been edited by SvenNYC (edited 05-05-2004).]