How To Make A Solder Tip

Clean the tinned tip and you have a refurbished soldering tip.

How to make a solder tip. Here are nine soldering tips and mantras Ive gathered through the years that help me remember proper solder protocol. And the electric components size and shape finally select the one that you think or feel comfortable using. Heat the joint with your soldering iron and place the tip of the solder sucker over the hot solder.

We clean the soldering tip and we place the components one by one so I will solder this IC socket which has 16 pins. Apply very little flux in the solder joints and make the soldering. Tip 1.

Click to expand. Avoid unnecessary heat Excessive heat can also contribute to oxidation buildup on a solder tip. Do not keep the soldering iron tip more than 3 seconds on the soldering joint when soldering CMOS components.

Remember that the flame from the torch doesnt melt the solderthe flame heats the metal and that heat causes the solder to flow where you want it. Place the braid over unwanted solder preferably on the greatest solder build up so that it maximizes the contact of the braid to the surface area of the solder. I dont have a Weller iron but do have a gun.

Install the prepared tip in your soldering iron. Dont add it above the tip since that melts the solder only onto the tip where it doesnt do any good. Keeping a soldering iron at a higher than needed temperature can damage the work product as well as shorten the life of the tip.

A clean soldering tip will transfer heat faster and keep solder joints clean. 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. It is essential that the solder continuously flows to the tip to produce a shiny surface.