Personally, I prefer the Hakko stations. They are modular which makes replacing warn out parts easy. The temperatures can be varied and locked in with a key card. Typically, they are smaller in overall size as well. Cobey Schmidt Test Engineer VisionTek 1175 lakeside Drive Gurnee, IL 60031 [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> (847) 360-7566 voice (847) 360-7443 fax -----Original Message----- From: Kluz, Allen E. [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, December 03, 1998 2:26 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] rework stations Technetters, I'm looking into purchasing a rework/repair station. During my research, I have noticed that there are four major competitors: Pace, Metcal, Weller, and Hakko. Can anyone tell me the pros/cons about any of these or any other manufacture of rework stations? Any recommendations? Thanks in advance. Allen Kluz Manufacturing Engineer StorageTek Storage Networking Business Group [log in to unmask] ################################################################ TechNet E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ################################################################ To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TechNet <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TechNet ################################################################ Please visit IPC's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################ ################################################################ TechNet E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ################################################################ To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TechNet <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TechNet ################################################################ Please visit IPC's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################