How To Make A Solder Tip

Of solder under the tip.

How to make a solder tip. We heat up the socket foot and the soldering spot. Avoid unnecessary heat Excessive heat can also contribute to oxidation buildup on a solder tip. After narrowing down the tip shape and size considering the thermal capacity of the PWB.

To use press the plunger down at the end of the solder sucker. Keeping a soldering iron at a higher than needed temperature can damage the work product as well as shorten the life of the tip. Heat the joint with your soldering iron and place the tip of the solder sucker over the hot solder.

Do not keep the soldering iron tip more than 3 seconds on the soldering joint when soldering CMOS components. Select the soldering tip which you feel comfortable using. Dont add it above the tip since that melts the solder only onto the tip where it doesnt do any good.

Next place your iron tip over the wick at 45 degrees and allow heat to transfer to the pad. The solder wont melt until it actually touches the hot soldering iron tip but once it touches the tip thats. The soldering lead and the iron tip should be at an angle of 45 degrees so as the make the solder flow easily.

You want solder to flow up a seam not just melt. Then melt the solder using the tip of the iron a process called tinning. This sponge is used to clean solder off the tip of the soldering iron.

Then once we close the core wire the molten soldering takes its place above the spot to cover the whole spot surface and to connect the component foot to the circuits spot. Simply use a damp sponge or coiled wire ball to wipe the tip before soldering and after use. Apply very little flux in the solder joints and make the soldering.