How To Change Soldering Iron Tips
Extraction Tips for Heat-Set Inserts.
How to change soldering iron tips. Unscrew the locking nut that holds the tip-retaining sleeve and tip in place. Heat it up to around 350C and wait. Avoid over-tightening the locking nut.
Before soldering clean your tip with a clean cloth and some alcohol. Im gonna explain what Ive learned and then please correct me if Im wrong. Extract heat-set inserts by attaching these tips to a soldering iron.
I normally replace my tips when it makes the solder feels gummy kinda hard to notice on big connectionsif your getting solder tails when you take your iron off the piece and your tip appears to be clean shiny then its time to replace. If theres a stubborn piece of contaminant left on the tip you can use metal wool to gently scrape it off. Find the small screw on the soldering iron shaft near the tip and unscrew it by inserting the screwdriver and turn counter clockwise.
If it doesnt you need to remove all solder and grind the tip again more thoroughly. Dont know if did any good. The first thing of course is NOT to do this when the iron is hot.
How to clean and re tin your soldering iron - YouTube. Hi Im a total beginner on soldering and stuff. Start by turning off the soldering iron remove the iron and using a pair of pliers or some other kind of gripping tool to hold onto the hot metal parts clamp it down and unscrew.
Changing the soldering tips on a PES51 pencil is very simple. The solder melts and should stick at the tip. These are used to replace any damaged tips and each tip serves a different purpose.