{"id":110,"date":"2019-07-28T14:39:03","date_gmt":"2019-07-28T14:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andrejacobs.org\/?p=110"},"modified":"2022-04-11T20:24:58","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T20:24:58","slug":"unboxing-my-new-hakko-fx888d-soldering-iron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andrejacobs.org\/electronics\/unboxing-my-new-hakko-fx888d-soldering-iron\/","title":{"rendered":"Unboxing my new HAKKO FX888D Soldering Iron"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It was time to upgrade my soldering skills as well as my soldering iron. So I decided to buy a HAKKO FX888D of which I have seen so many people use and recommend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I highly recommend this iron! The difference between this iron and my old variable controlled one (from R.I.P. Maplin) is like night and day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also get yourself a couple of good chisel tips (instead of using the canonical tip) as well as 0.5mm or smaller solder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The solder I am currently using is the lead free 0.5mm 100g <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.pimoroni.com\/products\/fair-loetet?variant=34657457226\">Fairl\u00f6tet solder bought from Pimoroni<\/a> and I have had no issues with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Unboxing my new HAKKO FX888D Soldering Iron\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dlGGTWjo6OE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was time to upgrade my soldering skills as well as my soldering iron. So I decided to buy a HAKKO FX888D of which I have seen so many people use and recommend. I highly recommend this iron! The difference between this iron and my old variable controlled one (from R.I.P. 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