[sdiy] Cheap but reliable soldering iron

[Ingo Debus]

Am 08.11.2012 um 10:15 schrieb Oakley Sound:

> Until recently. Antex changed their bit design a few years ago. Most new bits you buy now are these new design. The old design was a dull grey split pin type arrangement. It was a pain to get on and off but the bits lasted a long time. The new ones, a very shiny simple tube with some sort of copper spring inside, are a breeze to take on and off and don't clag up inside. However, I'm going through them like never before. The tip is fine at first but the section where the barrel thins is corroding really fast. It then flakes off and the flaky section grows towards the tip.

What I've learnt only recently (although I'm soldering for 40+ years by now): don't wipe the tip after soldering. Wipe it before soldering. A clean, untinned tip corrodes faster than a tinned one when heated.

It took me a while to change that habit.

Ingo