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JBC HD-2B Solering Station
A heavy duty soldering station modified to work with non-heavy-duty tips.
Donated by q3k after he bought a bunch from a Kleinanzeigen seller who imported them from some Romanian factory.
Usage
The station warms up fast and also automatically goes to sleep (180 degrees) after a few minutes, then hibernates to be fully off.
The mounted tip/cartridge is fairly universal for anything from SMD work to dealing with fairly large ground planes.
You can switch cartridges 'hot', the iron will detect it has been removed and turn off automatically. There's a tool extractor built into the stand.
Accessories
Takes JBC C245xxx tips/cartridges, range available here: https://www.jbctools.com/c245-cartridges-for-t245-handpiece-product-19.html
Do not buy cheap knockoffs! The legit ones are worth the price.
Modifications
This was a 48V/T470 station by default, but it has been modified to provide 24V instead. This allows for smaller, C245 series cartridges.
If you want to use heavy duty C470/48V tips/cartridges, you can modify the station to be switchable between 24/48V - there's a footprint for a DPDT switch on the custom PCB that has been hacked into to it for voltage conversion.