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Shovel type soldering iron tips

These things rock! Recently I was replacing the keyboard on a Microbee computer, which requires removal of ALL the existing key switches from the main board. Not having these tips I had to try and use the desoldering gun, which sort of worked, but was a bit tedious. About half way through I cracked it and decided I’d buy some of these “shovel” tips instead. Locally these seemed to be in the AUD$70-AUD$90 range (each), so I ended up ordering them on AliExpress (https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005008347013362.html). Are they as good as the ones sold locally - no idea, but for the amount of work I do they should last well and truly long enough :-) ...

April 6, 2026 · 1 min · 179 words · TassieBob