How To Make A Homemade Soldering Iron Tip

Tools vise hacksaw small drill press file sandpaper steel wool etc Note.

How to make a homemade soldering iron tip. On the board I put a chip that measures the temperature of the tip and three LEDs on the pcb which was supposed to indicate the temperature which could be set to one of three levels but during the programming I found it pointless in a 5V soldering iron. This will apply heat to the parts instead of the solder. Apply lots of solder to one side of the resistor then quickly melt the other side and flick it off.

Cut a copper tip of about 7 to 10 cm long and 3 to 45 mm diameter of a copper rod. Adriajunyent-ferre took a pair of cheap 5 USB soldering irons and turned them into a nifty pair of SMD soldering tweezers. 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.

Masonry nails unfortunately dont bend. Brass same length as copper tip with 2 times the diameter or 075 times the length of the copper tip and 17 times the diameter of the copper tip. I dont have a Weller iron but do have a gun.

Shortening the tip by 25 percent means a 1 inch tip turns into a 34 inch tip for example. Click to expand. Properly using a soldering iron means properly maintaining the tip.

Once you do this youll be ready to do test your soldering iron. Types of Soldering Iron Tips. In this section we look at the most common soldering iron tips.

This is a quick and easy how to make a new tip because lets face it. The two irons are coupled together using a simple 3D printed part. Copper and steel wire.