On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:19:10 +0100, <
JanRwl@...> wrote:
>
> Goes even better after filing the tip to a sharp fine point. <<
> David! Most soldering tips for "electronics" today are iron-plated (so
> the
> solder does not rapidly dissolve a bare copper tip). If you
> "customized" an
> iron-plated tip, the copper inside is bare, and it will "go away"
> rapidly,
> just as old-fashioned (pre-iron-plated) tips did! On the other hand,
> if this
> were a bare-copper tip at the outset, fine! A clean, but UNFILED!
> iron-plated
> tip will last years until that first tiny corner is rubbed-through, and
> the
> molten solder contacts the copper inside.
There oughta be a reason why it's called a soldering "IRON" and not a
soldering "COPPER". ;-)
ST