I believe the original tips are brass not cooper but because the circuit is an induction coil you can even use steel if you want a more durable tip even if steel have a more difficult way to apply the thin cure to the tip and need a wet cellulose sponge to clean, I know how to make my own flux and paste, how to make etching solution and cold thinning for the PCB mask and i even go as far as DIY my soldering irons if necessary. things that people from developed countries not need to do and can afford to buy.
Like the hands free idea with foot switch and almost instant heat of these irons. I have one of these soldering irons buried somewhere in my garage which I will definitely dig out and start using.
Could you put up a link to the footswitch please? If you wired it for your purposes, it would be great to see that diagram too. Thank you. My weller is old too, but it's black rather than red.
So the footswitch is just a extention cord. ( plug and socket at each end) The footswitch just goes in between somewhere in the middle of the cord. The footswitch just brakes the Hot wire ( Live wire ) and the neutral is unbroken/ straight through. So you just cut the Live/Hot and connect the two separate wires to the "common" and "normaly open" terminals inside the footswitch. You obviously need to keep the trigger pressed on the gun some how. Just have a look on ebay for a cheap foot-switch.
@MyProjectBoxChannel Ahh, yes simple now you have explained it. My little brain was having trouble picturing it and electrics isn't my trade, so always like confirmation before doing anything electrical. Thank you.
That may be so. But I've never seen that one nor had it presented to me in the algorithms. This one however was presented to me. So far from being boring, it is very useful. Maybe you're the boring one for taking the time to be negative ...yawn.....
I picked up one of these old style solder guns from a discount bin for $5 But I had no tips. Ima give this a go! Cheers!
I believe the original tips are brass not cooper but because the circuit is an induction coil you can even use steel if you want a more durable tip even if steel have a more difficult way to apply the thin cure to the tip and need a wet cellulose sponge to clean, I know how to make my own flux and paste, how to make etching solution and cold thinning for the PCB mask and i even go as far as DIY my soldering irons if necessary. things that people from developed countries not need to do and can afford to buy.
Never knew I needed one of these soldering guns until I watched this vid, off to ebay to get one ! Thanks for sharing this excellent info
😂 Yes everybody needs one😊
Like the hands free idea with foot switch and almost instant heat of these irons. I have one of these soldering irons buried somewhere in my garage which I will definitely dig out and start using.
Could you tin the copper wire to increase the life expectancy? I imagine that the solder would be slower to corrode than bare copper.
Just nickel plate them, it's easy...!
Sounds interesting🧐😉👍🤔 I will have to look into that
Could you put up a link to the footswitch please? If you wired it for your purposes, it would be great to see that diagram too. Thank you.
My weller is old too, but it's black rather than red.
So the footswitch is just a extention cord. ( plug and socket at each end) The footswitch just goes in between somewhere in the middle of the cord. The footswitch just brakes the Hot wire ( Live wire ) and the neutral is unbroken/ straight through. So you just cut the Live/Hot and connect the two separate wires to the "common" and "normaly open" terminals inside the footswitch. You obviously need to keep the trigger pressed on the gun some how. Just have a look on ebay for a cheap foot-switch.
@MyProjectBoxChannel Ahh, yes simple now you have explained it. My little brain was having trouble picturing it and electrics isn't my trade, so always like confirmation before doing anything electrical. Thank you.
I need to get that foot switch.
I take it any solder guns like this works the same way in general regardless of the brand?
@@thebatu89 yes, basically if is a transformer type soldering gun.😉👍
Are you mad? this is the UK. We can't afford Electric to power our soddering irons.
@@HardcoreHokage-cw4uq yes it's definitely going that way 🤪🤣🤣🤣 maybe I'll do a coal fired version😜
@@MyProjectBoxChannel I burn rubber boats. There seems to be a lot of them all over the shore at Dover.
Mr.Carlson did this video like 5 years ago..yawn..
That may be so. But I've never seen that one nor had it presented to me in the algorithms. This one however was presented to me. So far from being boring, it is very useful. Maybe you're the boring one for taking the time to be negative ...yawn.....
@@handyjayes1 maybe..or I just ran into a video that thought was new without checking..no offense
@@anandarochisha why would I be offended by you not checking?
@@handyjayes1 same old same old.
I love Mr.Carlson, he is a legend. My video is a bit different it's has a microwave oven transformer and a foot-switch aswell 😂😂😂😂.