Soldering Iron Recomendations

[RocKer]

I have a 15w Weller just a week ago,and dit my first step to solder pcb and a most say its very tiny to do a good job,but a will get there.

Am using a old 8rda3+ to learn it on,and the first real thing a will do is my Hercules R9800np@XT vcore and vdimm,wish me luck guys,i hope a wont burn it to dead .

Enybody have good tips to solder.

[Ragnarok]

keep the tip clean, use plenty of flux or rosin and a bit of common sense

[RocKer]

Flux?

The guy in the shop says taht it isnt nesesere to juse flux,because its already in the solder stuff i give to me,will i need to use it anyway.

[Jade]

get a tub of that tip tinner stuff

[erik9287nl]

I just use a simple 15 Watt Weller soldering iron. Easy for small mods. For large wiring i usa a 60 Watt Weller.
15 Watt with a 1mm tip and the 60 Watt with a 4 millimeter flat tip.

[cwatson]

My 25w weller just died at the wrong time

[The Mofo]

So is the Hakko 936-12 ESD a good one to pick up? I got some money i can invest in one.

[masterofpuppets]

I use several Weller irons. Various wattages and tips for various things. Cant go wrong with a weller.

Also, for anyone who is worried about burning pcb's: I have several burn marks on my motherboard. I got a black mark where I attempted to solder the loops for the northbridge cooler back in (that was a nightmare. luckily it came off while the machine was off!) and the burn was right over an insulated circuit, but the board is fine. Just don't hold the iron there for longer than you need to.

I haven't used many soldering irons other than my collection of wellers, so I don't know what the Hakko 936-12 ESD is like.

[xtremetheme]

I got a black mark where I attempted to solder the loops for the northbridge cooler back in (that was a nightmare. luckily it came off while the machine was off!) and the burn was right over an insulated circuit, but the board is fine. Just don't hold the iron there for longer than you need to.

Let me guess it was an Abit board right?
Because i also had to solder it back on my BH7. What W iron did you use?
I use a ERSA 16W iron and never managed to burn anything, because it has so low W i guess. But im confident with it, just using it for hardware modding.

[Juicy629]

I have no clue where to find it but i ordered a cold/hot soldiering iron off the tv. The second it touches solder it heats up instantly and the second you take it away its cold to the touch..pretty neat..ive yet to get it but it said it would take 4-6 weeks. I ordered the xtra fine tip. You could try a google search? *shrugs*

[Juicy629]

https://www.asseenontvnetwork.com/vc...ldheat/115804/


Found it ^^^^

[Barr3l Rid3r]

Does anybody knows something about the Pro's kit 30W Ceramic soldering iron?

[Nohto]

Cold Heat soldering tool
Soldering Tool FAQ

2. Are there kinds of soldering jobs for which the tool is not recommended?
We do not recommend it for soldering of large metallic components that require a lot of heat transfer or for soldering sensitive electronic components that may be damaged by fast-rising temperatures or high electrical current. (Momentary high-amperage current will be created during active soldering.)

[craig588]

Is it the worlds weakest arc "welder"?

[MaxxxRacer]

My dad making audio components professionaly and owning like 10 soldering irons, as well as purchasing hundreds of others, Edsyn makes the BEST soldering irons in the world. Wellers are ok, but they are nothing compared to edsysn.

Personally I use a Edsyn loner model. Its 70watts and it takes about 20 seconds to get up to full heat. The iron is over 20 years old and still runs great to this day. Now that is quality.

One thing to note. The Edsyn irons are adjustable. So if u need lower heat just turn the dial.... and you got it. and my particular model has a light that tells you when it is up to full heat.

All or their products are made in their factory in Los Angeles california. Ive been over to their plant a few times to pick up some soldering irons that were getting repaired.

[Stang_Man]

radio shack 25watt for 14 bucks here

[Skeet]

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It's 15W with a 3.5mm tip will it do for PCB work like soldering a wire to a ISL(a simple voltmod)?

[Ragnarok]

too big... get a finer needle tip..

[wfarid]

i have a dollarstore soddering iron 30w and its great... fine tipped and everything... I also have a really expensive 20w battery operated soldering iron and its ok, it does a decent job for REALLY fine jobs..

[gkiing]

the cheapo red handle 30w irons work well for almost everything, even the really small stuff as long as your careful. Radio shack has a 15w-30w 2 in 1 iron thats good too.

[Maelstrom2160]

The standard iron i use is a antex xs25 the tips on these antec irons last for AGES massive range tip types and sizes (0.12mm - 6mm)

dont buy a piece of crap cheap iron, the tips dont last they tend to start disintergrating after 7+ hours of use

if ya do tons of soldering i would have assumed you would have bought ya self a decent station so there aint much point recommending a expensive station to ya, so pick up a half decent 25w standard iron (you'll be able to solder dinky IC's/mlccs with it), if ya need something for heavy duty work ya can pick up budget 50+W monster iron later

[gastro54]

Get a Hakko Clone. I have one and it works great. It's available from circuitspecialists.com
EDIT: Cheap too for $35

[blinky]

radio shack 25watt for 14 bucks here

i use the same one

i cant if i either really suck at soldering, or i need to use flux, or the iron sucks, but soldering stuff is really hard for some reason the solder never sticks to the wire, and then the wire never sticks to whatever pins i want it to so i just kind of brute force it on :P

[phobos]

I can only suggest Weller soldering irons / stations. In our laboratories at university we also only use Weller. The only bad thing on Weller stations is the shabby early 70th design

[craig588]

i use the same one

i cant if i either really suck at soldering, or i need to use flux, or the iron sucks, but soldering stuff is really hard for some reason the solder never sticks to the wire, and then the wire never sticks to whatever pins i want it to so i just kind of brute force it on :P

You really need flux, it basicly makes soldering in your sleep possible. It's like a magnet for solder.