How To Make Solder Tips

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How to make solder tips. 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. You can touch the solder to the wires not to the tip of the iron periodically to see if its hot enough. Apply very little flux in the solder joints and make the soldering.

Fitting the Solder Joint. Place the board so you can access the pads with a soldering iron. We clean the soldering tip and we place the components one by one so I will solder this IC socket which has 16 pins.

No additional solder is needed. Then stick the pick in the seam or between the joins and pull them apart. Note that the wire will get hot so you should consider holding it with some tweezers or similar.

Pick up the Soldering Iron in one hand and the solder in the other hand. Ad Wholesale Mobile Accessories Parts Electronics With 12 years Experienced Supplier. Can make good solder connections.

Place soldering iron tip on the pad. When done I removed tape cleaned flux off and trimmed wire to length. Next place your iron tip over the wick at 45 degrees and allow heat to transfer to the pad.

Do not keep the soldering iron tip more than 3 seconds on the soldering joint when soldering CMOS components. Step 5 Trim to fit. If necessary use a brass soldering iron cleaner or damp sponge to clean the tip.