How To Make A Solder Tip

The solder melts and should stick at the tip.

How to make a solder tip. Begin by making sure the tip is attached to the iron and screwed tightly in place. 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. Do not keep the soldering iron tip more than 3 seconds on the soldering joint when soldering CMOS components.

Clean the tinned tip and you have a refurbished soldering tip. 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. The soldering lead and the iron tip should be at an angle of 45 degrees so as the make the solder flow easily.

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. Wipe the tip of the soldering iron on. Keeping a soldering iron at a higher than needed temperature can damage the work product as well as shorten the life of the tip.

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. Turn on your soldering iron and let it heat up. Be sure that the soldering iron tip is held in the horizontal to the sensor with minimal movement to maximize physical contact between the middle of the working surface of the tip and the sensor.

After soldering check the solder joints carefully. Heat the joint with your soldering iron and place the tip of the solder sucker over the hot solder. Of solder under the tip.

Then melt the solder using the tip of the iron a process called tinning. In order to empty the solder sucker press down on the plunger. The solder wont melt until it actually touches the hot soldering iron tip but once it touches the tip thats.