[sdiy] [OT] Soldering pins on QFP, etc

[MTG]

Thanks to all for the suggestions and correct on ALL counts Roman, very 
insightful.  :-)  I see a variety of options at various prices so lots 
of room to explore.

GB

On 6/8/2018 1:40 AM, Roman Sowa wrote:
> Yor sanity disclaimer at the beginning of your message does not alow me 
> to tell you that soldering individual pins is not the way to go. I will 
> also not tell you that you can use ANY tip to solder those, even a big 
> nail heated with lighter. Just as long as you use solder thin enough and 
> proper flux. And you probably don't care if I tell you that I solder 
> 0.5mm pitch chips with chisel tips, from 1 to 5mm wide, and sometimes 
> few other tips specifically designed for that job.
> 
> So if you want specific fine tip soldering iron only for soldering TQFP 
> pins one by one, get cheap $26 iron from Ali, can't remember the name of 
> it, 3 letters with probably "Q" in there and maybe "X". It even has one 
> sharp tip in the set. It's surprisingly good.
> 
> And if you don't want to replace tips, that's maybe because your iron is 
> not designed for quick tip change. There are a lot of brands today 
> making stations with tip change procedure that lasts 3 seconds, and 
> actual heating up from room temperature takes from 5 to 20 seconds. That 
> makes you enjoy replacing tips even if it's not necessary.
> 
> Roman
>