I've got a few soldering jobs lined up on the bench, a Strat rewire being one, makinf up patch leads the other, and wanted some advice on which soldering iron I would need that is capable of the delicate jobs such as soldering pickup wires, as well as hot enough to attach ground wires to the back of pots and deal with wiring to pancake plugs.
I'm also painfully aware that to do these jobs properly might also be reliant on good technique. I often find the insulating cover melts when wiring pickups!
What do you good peaople recommend that's at a reasonable price (£40-£80) and is there any advice on how to tackle these jobs?
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I use a different iron depending on what I'm doing. I use an 18W Antex for building pedals, but I have a 40W for soldering to the back of pots. You might be able to cover all bases with one of those soldering stations.
As @thermionic said, old style solder makes it a lot easier. I can understand why commercial products have to be free of lead, given that you don't want workers breathing the fumes in hour after hour, but for my own limited use, normally <10 hours a year total, the lead shouldn't be too much of a problem.
The solder station Caffeine_Vampire has available would be fine to cover a range of soldering jobs and solder types.
Multicore Size 5 Tube Savbit Alloy Solder https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0002JT3OS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_B0ixCbHD4EXJ2
https://uk.rs-online.com/mobile/p/solders/0555235/