Thanks Dent, I just read that myself. Been pouring over all the guides I can find for the last couple hours
I am pretty confident in my sodlering abilities for vmod type of more. But I HATE removing/desoldering. But I have neither a heatgun nor solder wick lol so of course that it makes it difficult.
I should find out if my old job is going under completley... maybe pop up there and grab some supples for cheap.
Solder stations, those lamp/glasses that clamp to your desk giant ESD mats. That would be freaking sweet. Those dual solder station with adjustable controls are bad ass. Course they are also like $700 bucks :(
One nice thing about vmodding though.. is no using the solder pot!! Woo hoo I hated that.. (big vat of molten solder you dip the pins in then crack it on the bench to prevent shorts. shitty job, full of fumes and tiny little burns from having 700F solder splash on yah).
Pot is used when you are soldering on, like IDE connectors.