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Projects => General Questions => Topic started by: billstein on April 14, 2013, 07:33:56 AM

Title: Soldering tip
Post by: billstein on April 14, 2013, 07:33:56 AM
I use the Hakko chisel tip. Was wondering what everybody else used. Is the pencil tip better etc.
Title: Re: Soldering tip
Post by: nzCdog on April 14, 2013, 07:54:23 AM
I've tried lots and a chisel tip is my favourite shape.  Size of the chisel depends on the size of the work... Normally for Hakko 900M-T-2C or T-3C.  For the really big work I use a 900M-T-3.2D
Title: Re: Soldering tip
Post by: alanp on April 14, 2013, 08:16:24 AM
Cheap bastard here, sticking with my Duck Smut 40W pencil for now  ;D
Title: Re: Re: Soldering tip
Post by: stevie1556 on April 14, 2013, 08:20:38 AM
I use the small round tip. Can't remember what's it's called, but it's like a little pen tip. Might go back to the chisel type tip soon though just to try it out.

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Title: Re: Soldering tip
Post by: aballen on April 14, 2013, 12:52:31 PM
I have a weller, I like the small chisel tips as well for my through hole pedal stuff
Title: Re: Soldering tip
Post by: midwayfair on April 14, 2013, 03:02:33 PM
I use a thin, pointy pencil.

On small builds and close layouts, it's good for getting in there without damaging other things. I can also fit it inside a pad next to a component lead and be sure of really, really good contact with both the board and the component when heating. And for bigger parts like the jacks, I just lay it sideways to get more contact.

It was easier using a small round tip or a very small chisel. I just think I get better soldering results overall now. Could be just a matter of extra practice, though. Who knows.
Title: Re: Soldering tip
Post by: pickdropper on April 14, 2013, 03:17:09 PM
I change the tip to what I feel is appropriate for the job.  There are 5 different tips that I use, but three of them more regularly.  One is a very small and thin .2mm point that I prefer for tiny work.  It works VERY accurately, but doesn't do as good of a job when you hit a ground plane as it has much less in the way of thermal mass.

The other one comes in 2 variants: one is a .25mm point (with more mass than the first one) and the second has the same basic geometry, but is a chisel instead.  For through-hole soldering, the chisel is probably the easiest to use as it is still relatively pointy but the chisel helps transfer heat faster, reducing dwell time.

So for most stuff in the DIY pedal world, that would probably be my choice: a thin chisel.

As I've recently found out, it does somewhat depend on the technology of the iron, but this should apply to most standard Weller types with a ceramic heating element.
Title: Re: Soldering tip
Post by: icecycle66 on April 14, 2013, 03:45:11 PM
I use some needle-like cone tip from Radio shack.