Make My Own Soldering Iron Tips

If your tip wont wet clean it with sandpaper or sometimes just the wet sponge and then melt some flux-core solder.

Make my own soldering iron tips. I was holding the coil of solder and had my arm resting on the power supply. Just scrape the tip across the sponge gently then rotate the iron and scrape gently across the sponge again. This should make the tip silvery and somewhat shiny ready.

Stained Glass Soldering Techniques. If you see any solder splashes after just flick it off with you finger nail not the soldering iron. I turned it on and soon made a perfect solder joint with my new cordless iron.

See how the solder behaves differently. This is where you apply a little bit of solder to the tip of the iron before you do any soldering. The flux will help wet the surface.

So the best bets here are. Be careful of stray voltage. Later I tried to make my own soldering iron using a pencil lead heating element a crayola marker housing and some wire.

The little hassles add up. In this instructable I show how to make two styles of 4mm tip the slidey-style and the screwy-style. Begin by making sure the tip is attached to the iron and screwed tightly in place.

Learn how much heat is transferred to the solder with the different angles. Wipe the iron off with a damp cellulose and sulfur-free sponge. Plug in the iron wait and wait for it to heat up wait some more while your work piece warms up.