How To Make Solder Tips

Note that the wire will get hot so you should consider holding it with some tweezers or similar.

How to make solder tips. Fitting the Solder Joint. Step 5 Trim to fit. Make sure the soldering iron has warmed up.

The high strength steel alloy on the other hand would also have superior oxidation and corrosion resistance over the soft copper at the normal temperatures that a soldering gun. The following information will help you to better understand the what of soldering and improve your ability to achieve clean problem-free solder bonds. Apply very little flux in the solder joints and make the soldering.

It can look like the joint is good but in reality the solder is only on the outside of the wire and not pulled all the way through the wire strands. Using a fine tip on my iron I again used a 700 degree tip dabbed the area with liquid flux and soldered the wire to the lead and exposed trace. Pick up the Soldering Iron in one hand and the solder in the other hand.

Bend the legs slightly to secure the part. We heat up the socket foot and the soldering spot. We clean the soldering tip and we place the components one by one so I will solder this IC socket which has 16 pins.

Place the board so you can access the pads with a soldering iron. Oxidation will occur at room temperature but at a much slower rate. Once youve chosen the right solder for the job youre ready to complete the process.

When done I removed tape cleaned flux off and trimmed wire to length. Ive had success getting molten solder to jump onto a heated pick too. No additional solder is needed.