oldcrow@... writes:
>>It almost sounds like the iron is too hot. What temperature is it set
for?<<
It almost does sound like the iron is too hot. I have three soldering irons.
None of them have adjustible temperatures. I am using the tips that are
made for them, but they just don't last.
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Ken.Tkacs@...> writes:
>>I have an old Weller station (the model number escapes me... bought it in
1983...baby blue, sponge holder...). I bought about ten tips with that
station in '83. In all that time, I've probably used three of them<<
I also used to use a baby blue solder station (don't remember what make)
where I worked about 15 years ago, and I don't ever remember changing the tip
in the year I worked there. It had a nice shape to it, and never eroded away
on me. That is what I want in a soldering iron.
>>Maybe it's technique? The way I was taught to work with a soldering iron is
that I never let it sit for more than a few seconds hot without tinning the
iron. I also tin it immediately<<
I tin the tip the first time I put a new one in the iron. I don't stuff
boards with the iron on. I stuff a bunch of boards, solder them then unplug
the iron, so I can wash them and stuff some more. Maybe I need to do more,
as you say. But I just want a iron that works the way that solder station I
used to use worked.
Thanks for the input. I was hoping somebody on this list actually had the
Weller WP35. Antex is about the only other soldering iron that I can find
mail order that has iron tips available. If anyone is getting long tip life
from these without tinning every few seconds, please let me know. Thanks.
-Elhardt