How To Make Weller Soldering Tips
The gun is 140100 watt.
How to make weller soldering tips. ST1 ST2 ST3 ST4 TST4 ST5 ST6 ST7 and ST8. The same tip can be used for cleaning up as the bucket can be used empty and will pull excess solder from potential bridges. Reverse the process still taking care.
I Made one out of a piece of clothes hanger but I thing its the wrong type of. With a pair of needle nose pliers a hammer and about 4 of common solid 14awg or 12awg house wire I make any tip for the Weller gun in under 60 seconds. In their defense I used Weller soldering stations for.
Tip lifetime will increase. That damage just looks like the iron in the tip dissolved into the solder. I wouldnt worry about preserving the screw as long as it comes out.
When the surface is broken the first problem you will recognize is that there will remain spiky solder at the solder joint. Having trouble sorting out which tip goes with what system. A wire coat hanger.
Treatment of the Soldering Tip n Clean the tip with a Weller WDC Dry Cleaner Order No. Compatible with EC1201AEC1204APES50PES51WCC101 soldering ironDEC1001WESD51WES51WES51DWCC100 solder. Tinning will also help to protect the tip and reduce wear.
Any further bridges can be removed with non wettable tips which wont stick to components. Take a wet sponge and rub it over the top of the solder iron. Touch the solder wire to the end of the heat tip and allow the solder to color or melt onto the tip.