Thats not overkill.. Our robotics team gets support from Lockheed martin's tech people.. We got the mother of all soldering irons to wire up the bot with some 6 and 8ga wire.. this soldering iron treated them like 20 ga.
It weighs about 5lbs and was wielded like a dagger...
Its the second one from the top
MODEL NO. WATTAGE (SPECIFY) ELEMENT NO. MAX. TIP TEMP. OVERALL LENGTH STD. TIP NO. TIP SHANK DIA. PROD. WEIGHT SHPG. WEIGHT
3178
300 Watts 9277 1000°F
(538°C) 14⅜"
(36.5 cm) 45C 7/8"
(22.2 mm) 37 oz
(1.05 kg) 4 LBS
(1.81 kgs)