How To Make Solder Tip

We want the solder to flow nicely all around both the pad and the lead to make a good connection.

How to make solder tip. Here are nine soldering tips and mantras Ive gathered through the years that help me remember proper solder protocol. Of solder under the tip. Dont be afraid to move your panel so that you get the best angle for running the bead.

Simply use a damp sponge or coiled wire ball to wipe the tip before soldering and after use. This is a quick and easy how to make a new tip because lets face it. Probably the easiest way is to grind or taper one end of a long brass rod and then make rough threads similar to the ones the original non-brass tip has screw it into the soldering iron cut it off an inch or so and then sharpen the end that was just separated from the rod.

Turn on your soldering iron and let it heat up. Apply very little flux in the solder joints and make the soldering. If you have a soldering station with an adjustable temp control set it to 400 C 752 F.

This might challenge you but try holding the iron like a pencil and drawing it towards yourself. After narrowing down the tip shape and size considering the thermal capacity of the PWB. Keeping a soldering iron at a higher than needed temperature can damage the work product as well as shorten the life of the tip.

Tinning and proper cleaning is extremely important to make the soldering process easy. Start with a Clean Tip. Place the soldering iron tip onto the sensor and apply solder as if you were making a solder connection.

If youre in the wrong position it will make soldering smoothly more difficult. To use press the plunger down at the end of the solder sucker. The solder wont melt until it actually touches the hot soldering iron tip but once it touches the tip thats.