How To Make Solder Gun Tips

The three major hazards of soldering are heat fumes and the lead content of the solder.

How to make solder gun tips. This process will help improve the heat transfer from the iron to the item youre soldering. This should leave the tip of the iron with a layer of solder on it. I made sure the part of the tip that would be used for soldering was well tinned with solder this helps to protect it from corrosion.

The soldering tips are simply made from thick copper wire sculpted into the correct shape. Place the desired tip into the retaining sleeve and slide it back onto the soldering iron heating element. Slide the retaining nut over the tip and retaining sleeve and hand tighten.

The same wire bent with a 14 radius heats up very slow and barely. Both The heating element and blower should remain off until you hit the power switch. Turn on your soldering iron and let it heat up.

Slip the old nuts from the old tip over the wires and bend Ls into the end. When your soldering gun takes forever to warm up clean and tighten the connections that hold the tip to the heating elements. Once the power switch is in the ON position the hot air soldering irons heating element will quickly begin to rise in temperature.

Just remove the soldering tip and replace it with two lengths of the same gauge solid copper wire gapping them to suit the job to be done. Dont handle bare wire with dirty hands. Before going to soldering process it is very important to follow some tips and techniques to get best output.

Tinning will also help to protect the tip and reduce wear. I have been making different size and shape soldering gun tips out of wire wires. 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.