How To Make A Soldering Iron Tip

Make sure your soldering iron is fully heated and touch the tip to the end of one of the wires.

How to make a soldering iron tip. Avoid excessive wiping on a wet sponge as this can cause temperature fluctuations which expand and contract the metal and stress the tip. Heat it up to about 350 degrees Celsius. Leave for 4-5 Seconds and then Take out the Iron.

Use sponge soaked in water to wipe the tip clean regularly. When the iron is not being used keep some solder on the tip. Over-tightening could cause the locking nut to bind and make.

This should lead to a clean shiny tip ready for use for more info see this video. So you get what you paid for. Insert your prepared tip into the soldering iron.

Making sure that the soldering tip is properly soaked during the soldering process is necessary for excellent heat transfer and to keep its iron plating unscathed for long. Now the Tip is Tinner and Fresh. This is done using a soldering iron.

In this instructable I show how to make two styles of 4mm tip the slidey-style and the screwy-style. Pliers will keep it at the proper place as well as tighten the windings. Switch OFF the Soldering Station or the Iron.

As the soldering iron heats and cools it expands and contracts. If you clean off the rust and spot a hole in the iron coating recognizable by the copper color showing through from the inside or if any part of the tip appears hollowed out its done. If you see any solder splashes after just flick it off with you finger nail not the soldering iron.