How To Make Your Own Soldering Iron Tips

Brass same length as copper tip with 2 times the diameter or 075 times the length of the copper tip and 17 times the diameter of the copper tip.

How to make your own soldering iron tips. Heat a small amount of solder on the soldering iron tip and apply the solder to the seam running between the metal pieces as it starts to melt. Soldering iron tips have varied uses from creating circuit boards to making jewelry. Since the heat is generated right at the spot you want to solder you will be radiating less of it into the air.

I just slide a blade in to pry it open a little and slide a new one in. A 12VDC 5A unit consumes 60W. First he transformed a normal pencil into a fully functional soldering iron.

When you think about it the time to if youve already been soldering let the iron cool change the tip heat it back up remove the resistor let it cool again change the tip back heat it back up again then back to soldering. The solder head a piece of thick copper wire is mounted on a pencil tip. That is not to say that it produces the same heat as a 60W soldering iron however.

Select calib menu item from the setup menu to start calibration process. The second method will use the normal pencil to create a very effective soldering iron. The calibration process requires to check the temperature in 7-8 points.

Lets dive into it. You can use this super hot soldering iron for soldering thick wires and all other heavy duty needs. A Rail is a Rail until you define what it is.

If youre in the wrong position it will make soldering smoothly more difficult. It can be purchased at any hardware store or market. Make sure your soldered connections are NOT TOUCHING.