Let’s Make a New Tip for My Soldering Iron

Tinning and proper cleaning is extremely important to make the soldering process easy. This is a quick and easy how to make a new tip because lets face it; you can't buy new tips very easily.

[wallstreet]

By making it so easier You are now a threat for solder tips manufacturers.

[Whatever-odzi]

I needed a new tip for mine and a set of 3 costs more than I paid for the soldering iron originally. Thanks for the money-saving tip!

[xlar]

"...partly because Im not an expert..." <proceeds to build a new tip from scratch> hmmm you just became an expert in my book :) thanks!

[jell-oputin]

Awesome did this yesterday, worked better than the ones it came with. Fishermen ingenuity 😁🎣

[nimalperera]

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[МихаилВладимирович-шм]

Hello.My name is Mikhail I'm from Russia.I like this video .From Russia with love.Good luck and I hope you have good day

[ssgeek]

Hi from uk.My weller solder iron tips are expensive as the temp control is the magnet on bottom that seperated when at temp (clicking) it's like loosing my left arm with a busted iron so....I'm gonna fashion a tip ad you did. Appreciate video

[reynaldovalle]

Great tip thank you for sharing that video with us I really appreciate that I have to do that to my soldering gun. God bless you family and friends.

[ronniewetherington]

Thanks for sharing. Can you remove your old tip and reshape as well?

[TheCommo]

The best tip to use in an emergency or budget is an Iron nail that you can cut to length. They generally fit perfectly into the iron. Then you file the edge until you are close to what you want for a tip. Add solder and again file with the bead of solder on it, tinning the tip. Afterwards, you can solder just like using a regular tip and the tip will not oxidize so long as you keep a little solder on it. If the solder starts to oxidize, simply wipe quick with a wet sponge and re-apply solder before soldering. You do not want to use copper wire in a soldering iron as copper when heated attracts oxidation like crazy; thats why copper turns colors or gets dark when hot. you want a clean solder joint when soldering parts on, not a cold or cracked one. The cracks can be so small that you can't see them with the naked eye. Find a good iron roofing nail, cut the head off! I've used it for years on one of my irons with no issues.

[brianshevlane]

AT 2.55secs you say that you are going to clean old tip and re-tin did I blink ? I missed it or it never happened

[Mr_Mad_]

With this I can finally solder the motors on to my micro rc plane

[Radar]

Is that 7 AWG wire, looks like a Weller iron ? They used to be easy to find at rummage sales .

[gregvisioninfosoft]

Serious question? If price was no concern. For electronic soldering to circuit boards, wires, and components. I find today most soldering tips just degrade really quickly. If tip longevity that supports quality and ease of soldering. What solder tip material would be best? pure copper? Pure silver? Pure tungsten? And how best to 'clean the tip' after each solder joint, to prevent it from getting crusty with whatever buildup that is that forms on the tip? Thanks. When i was a kid 50 years ago it was trivial for me to solder anything. I literally never once had any problem. Today even with lead solder, i find my solder gun tips get thrashed to the point the solder doesnt even flow to the tip. Its become a very frustrating experience.

[maracachucho]

My tip is ferrous in nature (not sure if steel or cast iron, it's just attracted to magnets), would it be right to swap it for a copper one?

[stlPXjoh]

Is that a Chicago Electric iron?
What AWG is that wire you from which you made the new tip?

[JoeL-redc]

Any reason you can't flip the old tip end for end and reshape, then use it?

[duroxkilo]

hello, thanks for sharing.. i didn't know that the copper can be found at the store...
quick question: are the tips pretty durable?
i've noticed that the ones that come with the irons are made of copper with some sort of coating..

[ProckerDark]

very nice, really learned something, thank you

[josepeixoto]

copper only like that ain't gonna las..., it pits right? i think tips must b plated with something and you must not file them or sand them?