How To Make A Soldering Iron Tip

This is done using a soldering iron.

How to make a soldering iron tip. If you see any solder splashes after just flick it off with you finger nail not the soldering iron. Switch OFF the Soldering Station or the Iron. Whether its your childs electrical toys or circuit boards in a production facility that you solder the wise thing to do after unboxing a new soldering iron is to tin its tip to protect it from oxidation.

Apply lots of solder to one side of the resistor then quickly melt the other side and flick it off. Place the soldering iron tip onto the sensor and apply solder as if you were making a solder connection. After soldering check the solder joints carefully.

To use your SI. Melt some good quality of solder wire on the Tip. Applying lots of solder gives it more mass and a longer cool time.

Now the Tip is Tinner and Fresh. If so you can do it with a normal soldering iron. In this instructable I show how to make two styles of 4mm tip the slidey-style and the screwy-style.

A soldering iron tip is beyond any hope of effective cleaning or repair if any part of the iron tip no matter how small has worn all the way through. Hold it by the wire for 3-4 seconds. Use sponge soaked in water to wipe the tip clean regularly.

Heat it up to about 350 degrees Celsius. If you clean off the rust and spot a hole in the iron coating recognizable by the copper color showing through from the inside or if any part of the tip appears hollowed out its done. To last long treat it gently.