How To Make A Homemade Soldering Iron Tip

Make an old soldering iron tip new quick and easyTakes less then 4 min if you are not holding a camera in one hand DSoldering iron tip cleaningsolderingD.

How to make a homemade soldering iron tip. This will apply heat to the parts instead of the solder. The only reason it would be plated steel is because its cheaper to make. The two irons are coupled together using a simple 3D printed part.

Talc powder for electrically insulating mass. Adriajunyent-ferre took a pair of cheap 5 USB soldering irons and turned them into a nifty pair of SMD soldering tweezers. An iron tube to be used as an electric heater case.

Masonry nails unfortunately dont bend. Heat-resistant plastic or wooden handle. I dont have a Weller iron but do have a gun.

Conical or B-series Tips. The conical series tips are so named because of their pointed cone-like shape. A second version of this soldering iron with smaller dimensions will definitely be created.

If so you can do it with a normal soldering iron. Shortening the tip by 25 percent means a 1 inch tip turns into a 34 inch tip for example. You should do this by starting to heat the tip.

A small sheet of copper foil. 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. 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.