On Wednesday 22 November 2006 18:13, Tom Hammond wrote: > A 'dry' soldering iron tip WILL eventually transfer the heat, BUT a > 'wetted' tip will accomplish the heat transfer MANY TIMES FASTER and > with less chance of 'frying' something in the process (component OR > PC board trace).
I always clean my soldering tip on a DAMP sponge, not wet. And I add a touch of solder to the tip, considering that it is a molten tip, not transferring solder to the intended joint, but transferring the heat efficiently. I built my K2 with a 15 Watt Antex soldering iron that I bought in 1971 - no temperature control - just experience, probably such as Don's timing tips. If anyone would like to look at my soldering, http://www.opus131.com/ijs/infra.html Click on the pictures for detail - they are modest resolution scans of prints from an Olympus OM4. These days a digital camera could produce much more detail - maybe I'll update the page one day. Ian, G4ICV, AB2GR, K2 4962 -- _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
