Homebrew PCBs

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