JP>   The fact that the cell in the Air is soldered in will keep me   
   JP>saying that it is not replaceable.  Do not have here a wave solder   
   JP>bath and my 15 W iron is too large for this work, thus my saying so.   
      
    HG> Actually a 15 W iron is too small. You really need a 25 W or above   
      
   hehehe, his 15 watt iron is physically too large... big huge pencil sized   
   tip... yes, it is underpowered, too ;)   
      
    HG> to quickly heat up the solder point on the battery without heating   
    HG> up the entire cell to the melting point. That means disaster for   
    HG> the cell.    
      
   i have a super fine point that i used to use for everything but it is even 2   
   or 3 times to large for most surface mounted stuff these days... i used to   
   solder chips at one pin per second or faster with that iron :) nowadays, i   
   need a needle point iron and a high magnification glass to be able to do that   
   work i used to do with the Mark I eyeballs :?   
      
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