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>>8101423
Stuff like surface mount? They're easily done with a regular iron. You don't need a different sized soldering iron. If you want to solder a QFP, (pic) for example, you can just line it up with the traces, tack one pin down with solder, put some flux on the board and some solder on your tip, and drag ur iron on the pads. You only need a magnifying glass to inspect your work afterwards.

Only until you get into BGA (electrical contacts at the bottom of the chip), is when you need fancy equipment etc.