Make My Own Soldering Iron Tips

The little hassles add up.

Make my own soldering iron tips. Wipe the iron off with a damp cellulose and sulfur-free sponge. In this instructable I show how to make two styles of 4mm tip the slidey-style and the screwy-style. Plug in the iron wait and wait for it to heat up wait some more while your work piece warms up.

Learn how much heat is transferred to the solder with the different angles. Its all about controlling the heat of the solder with the angle of the soldering iron tip. Applying lots of solder gives it more mass and a longer cool time.

You can do this by hand if you use different-sized tips often. My next iron was part of a velleman 3-in-1 lab I got as a present. There is a locking nut that holds the tip and tip-retaining sleeve in place locate and unscrew this nut.

I tested by soldering. This should make the tip silvery and somewhat shiny ready. And when youre done wait some more for the iron.

If you see any solder splashes after just flick it off with you finger nail not the soldering iron. Stained Glass Soldering Techniques. Try it flat try the corner try the side.

Steel 2 times shorter and 2 times the diameter or. If your tip wont wet clean it with sandpaper or sometimes just the wet sponge and then melt some flux-core solder. See how the solder behaves differently.