How To Make A Soldering Tip

Tinning and proper cleaning is extremely important to make the soldering process easy.

How to make a soldering tip. 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. Install the prepared tip in your soldering iron. This should leave the tip of the iron with a layer of solder on it.

Apply the soldering iron tip to one side of joint making contact with the component lead and the board copper foil ensuring that both are heated up to the same temperature as shown in Fig. It makes everything so much easier. The heavy duty tip helps to reduce the time taken to solder each point overall causing a significant decrease which increases efficiency in the long run.

Pre-tin all wires and pads prior to soldering. Melted solder will bond to solder instantly much faster than solder to wire. Wipe the tip of the soldering iron on.

This sponge is used to clean solder off the tip of the soldering iron. So here we are listing our own soldering techniques for readers convenience. 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.

A cone tip is an overall more versatile soldering tip. Turn on your soldering iron and let it heat up. Begin by making sure the tip is attached to the iron and screwed tightly in place.

Consider the size and shape of the PWB. Notice the tinned tip in Fig. Dont handle bare wire with dirty hands.