How To Make Solder Gun Tips

Dont handle bare wire with dirty hands.

How to make solder gun tips. Masonry nails unfortunately dont bend. So here we are listing our own soldering techniques for readers convenience. Just remove the soldering tip and replace it with two lengths of the same gauge solid copper wire gapping them to suit the job to be done.

You may have to sand the cont. The three major hazards of soldering are heat fumes and the lead content of the solder. This process will help improve the heat transfer from the iron to the item youre soldering.

The same wire bent with a 14 radius heats up very slow and barely. 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. Using a hot air gun can get tricky if you want to remove just one tiny part.

Following are the few important guidelines to be followed to get best results in soldering. Tinning will also help to protect the tip and reduce wear. Individual strands can be stripped in a similar way.

This should leave the tip of the iron with a layer of solder on it. Keep your hot air soldering iron firmly in place as you plug into a power source. Begin by making sure the tip is attached to the iron and screwed tightly in place.

Once the power switch is in the ON position the hot air soldering irons heating element will quickly begin to rise in temperature. Place the desired tip into the retaining sleeve and slide it back onto the soldering iron heating element. Slide the retaining nut over the tip and retaining sleeve and hand tighten.