How To Make Solder Tips

Note that the wire will get hot so you should consider holding it with some tweezers or similar.

How to make solder tips. Step 5 Trim to fit. Place the board so you can access the pads with a soldering iron. In order to empty the solder sucker press down on the plunger.

No additional solder is needed. The wires will begin to heat up. Given the short stout design of a normal soldering tip one being made of high strength alloy steel like a masonry nail Vs an all copper tip the thermal conductivity difference would be negligible.

Next place your iron tip over the wick at 45 degrees and allow heat to transfer to the pad. Heat the joint with your soldering iron and place the tip of the solder sucker over the hot solder. If you accidentally solder two chain links together or solder a stray piece of metal where it doesnt belong Lexi says to prepare a sharp clean solder pick and lightly heat the offending seam.

Press the release button to suck up the liquid solder. Oxidation will occur at room temperature but at a much slower rate. Place the tip of the iron on the wire and let it.

Fitting the Solder Joint. To solder two pieces of wire together just place the tinned ends side by side and heat briefly. When done I removed tape cleaned flux off and trimmed wire to length.

This should make the tip silvery and somewhat shiny ready to solder. We heat up the socket foot and the soldering spot. After soldering check the solder joints carefully.