Question re motherboard soldering

[Geaney]

Which MX5000 units did you go for? - they're certainly not cheap, but, IMHO, generally the very best for fine professional work.

I got the MX-5051. Two port base station, soldering iron and desoldering gun. Unfortunately mine came without any cartridges - had to order them separately. I got a 2mm chisel point for general work, a fine point round for pcb work, and a desoldering cartridge for the gun.

So far I've just done a little with the iron and I'm very impressed. I'm hoping the de-soldering gun will run off my small airbrush compressor - will try it out at the weekend.

Cheers, John