Very last one in the world (I hope) I'll ever have to assemble
We use Metcal's at work, typically STTC 700 F tips.
I use an 836 tip a lot. they are amazing. the NO10 wires in the photos were soldered to those relay terminals with an 836. All of the cable connections to the boards going out to various points are done with one. And it's a chisel, you can turn it "edge" wise and get down onto smaller pads without stopping to swap tips
Biggest beef I have with Metcal is they are a bit expensive, so I don't use it much for my own stuff. I mostly use the old Weller. I've forgotten the series. I have one controller is dual iron and digital readout. It works pretty well, even though much larger handle than the metcal.
Also stuck back in the photos is the old Pace desolder unit. I rarely use it anymore. It was pretty fancy when new. has vacuum/ pressure, two controlled iron outputs, and a "motor" output I guess was a flexible cable drive. I've never hand any of whatever that was
EDIT had to finally look it up. Was called a "minichine"
Found this
"minichine" is a word made up by PACE to describe the motorized functions of the repair station.
The minichine output on the PACE is a mechanical output. It is directly coupled to a small high speed motor shaft inside the repair station. A handheld rotary tool connects to the minichine coupler. The rotary tool supplied with the PACE is the equivalent to a Dremel rotary tool, except the tool has no electrical connection. Instead, it connects to the PACE through a 3' long flexible shaft. The PACE rotary tool uses several different sized collets to hold a variety of drills, burrs, grinders, polishers, cutters, etc. All this was aimed at repairing/modifying pcbs.
