Homebrew PCBs

In a message dated 1/23/2007 11:12:47 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
rebirth@... writes:

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.
 
Your gas iron sounds much hotter than adviseable for much PCB  work!  Funny:  
Literally millions of folk all over the world, and I am  sure at least 
thousands in NZ, happily use electric irons!  I have no  difficulties at all, and I 
only have 120 V. mains!

 


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