10 of My Favorite Soldering Tools
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- Опубликовано: 13 июл 2024
- In this video Sam goes over some of his favorite soldering tools. We would love to hear what your favorite tools are! Let us know in the comments below!
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What are your favorite soldering tools?
Great and happy to find your channel randomly
Welcome! Glad you found it helpful, let us know if there's anything specific you would like us to cover!
His bench is so clean.
What can I say, I like to be organized! It definitely doesn't look like quite as clean when I'm working though, a bigger bench would be ideal.
I need so much help with soldering. I'm trying to get good enough to rewire some of my guitars but I am horrible at soldering. Thank you for this,
You're welcome, the guide should definitely give you some great tips on tools and technique. I would get some pots/jacks to experiment on, luckily they can handle a bit more abuse than PCBs. You don't want to apply any pressure from the iron other than gravity and you should have about 10 seconds on the joint before risking damage for these parts. The idea is always to get in and out as quickly as possible while still making a solid connection. Heat, flux, and solder are the 3 keys to mastery.
Good and informative video
Hello Sam. Great video! Glad to see you making them. My favorite tools remain my Aoyue 8800 desoldering gun, and my fully accessorized 968A+ Station. Nothing compares to having the right tip, at the right temp, for the job at hand.
Haven't had time to use them as I'd like. Hopefully that will change in time.
The cardboard is a smart idea. I use 4-oz Mason jelly jars. And taking photos as you disassemble is way smart. Did that while refurbishing a vintage amateur-radio TV monitor. Helped in re-installing everything.
The snap-on tools looked intriguing. I need to find long-nose tweezers when removing SMDs with hot air.
Keep the videos coming!
The mason jars are excellent for parts bins! I'll keep on the lookout for nice long-nose tweezers.
Sam, from time to time I need to solder 14 - 12 gauge wire in the field where we have no electricity. Is there a battery powered soldering tool that you recommend that is powerful enough to do the job. I hate using butane. Thanks.
I believe that most standard cordless 40W soldering irons should be able to handle 12-14 gauge wire just fine. I don't have much personal experience with them though. What I think will really help though in any case is a good solder and flux combo with proper technique. I would use something like our 135 rosin paste flux to coat the wires, add some solder to the iron, probably 0.31” 63/37 rosin core, and then solder them up by adding more solder to the other side of the wire. Pre-tinning the tip with solder will increase the surface area giving you better heat transfer and the flux will allow the solder to flow quickly where you need it and wet into the wires. Otherwise, you could be spending too much time trying to get the wire hot enough which could lead to damage and poor connections. I suggested a 63/37 alloy because it melts at a low temp and has virtually no plastic range (Eutectic) so as long as you can get it to melt, you are less likely to get a cold solder joint.
@@SRASolderLab Thanks much for the reply. I'll give it a try. Thanks again.