How To Make A Soldering Tip

If it doesnt you need to remove all solder and grind the tip again more thoroughly.

How to make a soldering tip. Clean the tinned tip and you have a refurbished soldering tip. The soldering lead and the iron tip should be at an angle of 45 degrees so as the make the solder flow easily. Do not keep the soldering iron tip more than 3 seconds on the soldering joint when soldering CMOS components.

Pre-tin all wires and pads prior to soldering. 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 works at. Unroll a portion of solder then roll the hot tip of the iron from the end of the solder until it does one complete turn on the solder.

Re-tin it if its very dirty or simply wipe it on a damp sponge to get rid of any surface dirt. Next place your iron tip over the wick at 45 degrees and allow heat to transfer to the pad. A cone tip is an overall more versatile soldering tip.

If you have a soldering station with an adjustable temp control set it to 400 C 752 F. Notice the tinned tip in Fig. Apply the soldering iron tip to one side of joint making contact with the component lead and the board copper foil ensuring that both are heated up to the same temperature as shown in Fig.

Before going to soldering process it is very important to follow some tips and techniques to get best output. Following are the few important guidelines to be followed to get best results in soldering. 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.

If youre reading this instructable you shouldnt be soldering chips ICs yet but if you WERE to solder ICs youd be soldering on an ESD mat. This makes it best suited for work requiring high heat capacity. First make sure your tip is nice and clean.