soldering gun problem
#1
soldering gun problem
I went to use my electric soldering gun yesterday. To Un-solder the old brushes in a drill and install new ones but it would'nt get hot enough melt the solder.Seemed like the gun was plenty hot but the "iron"? part that touches the solder wasn't getting hot enough.I don't use it much so I'm wondering if those "Iron" pieces ever need replaced?
Thanks railguy
Thanks railguy
#4
#5
Sold'er for how much???
You said soldering gun. Am I to ASSume that you have a Weller soldering gun like this (or one of the few similar competing models):
6f77a1ee.jpg
If so, then you need to loosen the two nuts at the ends of the chromed tip holders, back them off onto the tip, tilt the tip toward you (if you are looking at it as in the photo), and pull it out, then clean the ends of the tip with a good stiff wire brush, with maybe a wipe inside the two tubes, too, then reassemble, making the nuts nice and tight.
You may be able to get away with just loosening the nuts and retightening.
After that, give the tip a shot with a wire brush or an old file (you don't want to gum up a good file), re-tin it, and wipe it, while hot, on a wet sponge to clean it.
You can get replacement tips at any hardware store if that one breaks in two.
- Eric
You said soldering gun. Am I to ASSume that you have a Weller soldering gun like this (or one of the few similar competing models):
6f77a1ee.jpg
If so, then you need to loosen the two nuts at the ends of the chromed tip holders, back them off onto the tip, tilt the tip toward you (if you are looking at it as in the photo), and pull it out, then clean the ends of the tip with a good stiff wire brush, with maybe a wipe inside the two tubes, too, then reassemble, making the nuts nice and tight.
You may be able to get away with just loosening the nuts and retightening.
After that, give the tip a shot with a wire brush or an old file (you don't want to gum up a good file), re-tin it, and wipe it, while hot, on a wet sponge to clean it.
You can get replacement tips at any hardware store if that one breaks in two.
- Eric
#6
Most guns need to be cleaned every once in awhile. Often all that is needed is to loosen the tip and then retighten it. Also be sure to keep the tip clean by wiping it with a damp cloth after every use while the tip is still hot. If the tip is not shiny like wet solder it needs cleaned. Either hit it with a wire wheel or grind the tip to copper and retin the tip. If you do this I think you will find the gun working like new again. Good clean contacts and a clean tip is the key.
#7
Sold'er for how much???
You said soldering gun. Am I to ASSume that you have a Weller soldering gun like this (or one of the few similar competing models):
If so, then you need to loosen the two nuts at the ends of the chromed tip holders, back them off onto the tip, tilt the tip toward you (if you are looking at it as in the photo), and pull it out, then clean the ends of the tip with a good stiff wire brush, with maybe a wipe inside the two tubes, too, then reassemble, making the nuts nice and tight.
You may be able to get away with just loosening the nuts and retightening.
After that, give the tip a shot with a wire brush or an old file (you don't want to gum up a good file), re-tin it, and wipe it, while hot, on a wet sponge to clean it.
You can get replacement tips at any hardware store if that one breaks in two.
- Eric
You said soldering gun. Am I to ASSume that you have a Weller soldering gun like this (or one of the few similar competing models):
If so, then you need to loosen the two nuts at the ends of the chromed tip holders, back them off onto the tip, tilt the tip toward you (if you are looking at it as in the photo), and pull it out, then clean the ends of the tip with a good stiff wire brush, with maybe a wipe inside the two tubes, too, then reassemble, making the nuts nice and tight.
You may be able to get away with just loosening the nuts and retightening.
After that, give the tip a shot with a wire brush or an old file (you don't want to gum up a good file), re-tin it, and wipe it, while hot, on a wet sponge to clean it.
You can get replacement tips at any hardware store if that one breaks in two.
- Eric
#8
thanks railguy
#9
A lot of people don't realize that soldering irons need maintenance, just like other tools.
Didn't know that about the newer ones. I've got several older ones myself, and they're great for car wiring stuff. I've also got a Sears model from somewhere in the '70s, on which the tip is retained by two phillips set screws. I agree it's a crappy design.
- Eric
- Eric
#10
- Eric
#12
I went to use my electric soldering gun yesterday. To Un-solder the old brushes in a drill and install new ones but it would'nt get hot enough melt the solder.Seemed like the gun was plenty hot but the "iron"? part that touches the solder wasn't getting hot enough.I don't use it much so I'm wondering if those "Iron" pieces ever need replaced?
Thanks railguy
Thanks railguy
Well....you've got me thinking now; I have had an old Weller soldering iron for probably over 40 years now, and the tips need to be cleaned and tightened every so often......but, as memory serves me, I always bought new tips to solve the problem.....BUT....
But the last time I bought new tips, at a hardware store, they were ALUMINUM, with copper plating, and NOT solid copper....and didn't work worth a darn! Am I dreaming this, or is this true????
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]I cleaned it up,it still didn't work so I opened it up there's a spot that looks like a shot or something.But it can't be a shot because it still works,just not well.Right?So I put it back together and tried it with the flux and it worked .....?still didn't seem to be getting as hot as it should.I'll get a new tip and see what that does.If that doesn't work I guess I'll get a new one. But I got my drill fixed anyway.
railguy
]I cleaned it up,it still didn't work so I opened it up there's a spot that looks like a shot or something.But it can't be a shot because it still works,just not well.Right?So I put it back together and tried it with the flux and it worked .....?still didn't seem to be getting as hot as it should.I'll get a new tip and see what that does.If that doesn't work I guess I'll get a new one. But I got my drill fixed anyway.
railguy
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]I cleaned it up,it still didn't work so I opened it up there's a spot that looks like a shot or something.But it can't be a shot because it still works,just not well.Right?So I put it back together and tried it with the flux and it worked .....?still didn't seem to be getting as hot as it should.I'll get a new tip and see what that does.If that doesn't work I guess I'll get a new one. But I got my drill fixed anyway.
railguy
]I cleaned it up,it still didn't work so I opened it up there's a spot that looks like a shot or something.But it can't be a shot because it still works,just not well.Right?So I put it back together and tried it with the flux and it worked .....?still didn't seem to be getting as hot as it should.I'll get a new tip and see what that does.If that doesn't work I guess I'll get a new one. But I got my drill fixed anyway.
railguy
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