How To Make Homemade Soldering Iron Tips

Conical or B-series Tips.

How to make homemade soldering iron tips. I just connected the charging leads to a home made hand piece applied it to my brass pieces flipped the switch and applied the solder. After the iron reaches that temperature hold it in one hand with the solder in your other hand. Tip cleaning sponges are made from cellulose.

A couple of weeks ago in despiration I applied some CPU Heat Transfer compound to the shank of my soldering tip then inserted it into the iron and tightened the screw as tight as possible. I found a suitable tray at Bed Bath and Beyond. The steps for making a threaded tip will require a die to make the threads.

In this section we look at the most common soldering iron tips. Use sulfur-free sponges made specifically for soldering as regular sponges will not remove the solder as. It heated almost instantly melted the solder.

Weller makes a lot of different soldering irons. Next I had to find some good sponge material. The only reason it would be plated steel is because its cheaper to make.

Soldering really large pieces like 120 scale brass locomotive cabs or boilers however. Any silicate adhesive or water glass. An iron tube to be used as an electric heater case.

In about 4cm roll the insulator over the copper tip. The tray is heavy enough and deep enough plus it has rubber feet to keep it from sliding around when cleaning the soldering iron tip. He used a wire and a plug to make the electricity conduct and a roll of lead is attached to the device to make soldering easier and more efficient.