FW B5 DIY! anyone??

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OK then....looks like time to heat up solder gun, get plenty of solder, start contemplating another speaker build, Pass DIY cross overs...yes it is going to be a very good year. Being mere beginner, there will be a lot of smoke to clear for me, so much buying, one of everything I "might need" just in case!

Now time to get busy with crypto coins to finance all of this.

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Using a soldering gun in DIY audio is generally regarded as being like using a chainsaw to perform eye surgery. :)

Soldering iron. :)

Ahhhh! I get it! Sorry, old school term, no I use solder Irons, 2 Hakko units, no SOLDER GUNZ used here! For a minute, I thought we were going to get pre Papa soldered boards! Just as well, I would frame those and hang them on the walls as art, and listen to my sloppy work!

Thanks for the clarification all...

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A question if I may? I imagine that pass labs must have a best practice matching transistor process (given the numbers of items involved). What does that workstation/equipment/ binning look like?

I ask as I bodgy up something each time I do a matching, and it's slow and admittedly a bit half assed as a process. I'm curious to know how it's done on an industrial scale! :)

At 10 seconds a jfet to test and bin, that's still over 700 hours work just to sort them... :Eeek:
 
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have two Hakkos, an older 936, which I bought new, and a 929 which I bought on the DIY forum a few years ago, someone had a bunch of them (used) they got from somewhere, I think I paid 60 bucks for it. It is superior to my 936, uses a metal credit card type of deal which must be inserted to alter temp, etc. Its a little banged up but works great. It weighs about twice what my 936 weighs.

My 936 has no display, but the 929 does. I think I paid about 120.00 ( several years ago ) when I bought it. If that clone is the same quality, it is a great buy.

BTW, replacement sponges from Hakko are great. They come like a piece of yellow paper shrink wrapped. Once wet they do blow up to full size. I thought I had ordered the wrong item when I first saw them!

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