I wonder at what point someone is going tell the young lady to plug the iron in - that oughta be exciting
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yeah - the photographer: "Please! Hold still and stop fidgeting or we'll never get this done!".
They used to sell surplus some worthless junk boards for beginners to use for soldering practice.
Somewhere around here where I haven't seen it in years is a 120-150W 'pencil'. If I could find it I would use it for some of the big jobs because its massive tip is a huge energy reservoir. Huge wooden handled unit from the 1940s. The grand-daddy of that snazzy 'horse leg' mentioned. There is also a butane torch powered one here. The soldering tip uses a catalyst heater and gets mighty hot.
In the video, note that he shows the older style Weller with the brass chucks/nuts that screw in from the front and which uses tips with 90 deg bends in the legs. The modern Wellers have a setscrew so that straight legged tips can be inserted easily. It's easier but I feel not as strong/long-lasting. No matter I'll always be proud to use Weller in my lab among the Hakkos and others.
One recent thing (as in past 10-15 years) with Wellers, the round plug and socket connection sometimes needs repair because the pins 'burn', it seems they get a bad connection and overheat when the unit is old. The connector was very cheap on those. I suppose I am not accustomed to cheapness in good tools.