How To Make A Soldering Gun At Home

Solder the wire to one of the two terminals of the capacitor.

How to make a soldering gun at home. Identify the secondary coil and peel off the insulation and wires and wind the 12swg copper wire in the plastic frame. They didnt know what they had. I scored a Weller 8200 soldering gun at an estate sale one street over from me for a few dollars.

Solder the wire. Then heat the wire to the blob with your soldering gun. This is a handheld mechanical vacuum that sucks up hot solder with a press of a button.

Slide the retaining nut over the tip and retaining sleeve and hand tighten. Assemble the Soldering Gun. A visit to a local welding shop netted me a couple for only.

I got it home and it didnt workit wouldnt heat upso maybe they knew exactly what they had. This article will describe some simple to build soldering irons that can provide 15 - 30 W and are powered at low voltage 5 - 12 V depending on heater wire you use. The first was a converted 30 watt soldering iron of the pencil type.

Solder the wires lugs and capacitor using a soldering gun. Next position the silver solder where you want to join the silver pieces together and heat with your soldering iron. Heat the joint with your soldering iron and place the tip of the solder sucker over the hot solder.

Other articles told how to make two different types. Lucky for me its easy to learn how to repair a Weller soldering gun. Use a quality soldering gun to avoid a messy circuit board.