How To Make A Homemade Soldering Iron Tip

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How to make a homemade soldering iron tip. Click to expand. You can solder various microchips from a ballpoint pen with a soldering iron. A visit to a local welding shop netted me a couple for only.

Cut a copper tip of about 7 to 10 cm long and 3 to 45 mm diameter of a copper rod. You can make the device in a plastic case from a ballpoint pen. Once you do this youll be ready to do test your soldering iron.

Ensure you make very close turns but the. The only reason it would be plated steel is because its cheaper to make. With a pair of needle nose pliers a hammer and about 4 of common solid 14awg or 12awg house wire I make any tip for the Weller gun in under 60 seconds.

A quality soldering iron is made from copper 110 bar rod or wire stock. If so you can do it with a normal soldering iron. A small sheet of copper foil.

Brass same length as copper tip with 2 times the diameter or 075 times the length of the copper tip and 17 times the diameter of the copper tip. Make an old soldering iron tip new quick and easyTakes less then 4 min if you are not holding a camera in one hand DSoldering iron tip cleaningsolderingD. Making a soldering iron in the body of a ballpoint pen.

If you want them to remain firmly connected youll have to make use of a normal tape to cover them together. In about 4cm roll the insulator over the copper tip. In this section we look at the most common soldering iron tips.