40 watt soldering iron enough?

[Mincer]

Re: 40 watt soldering iron enough?

hold on... you're not touching it to your tongue to test the heat, are you? :9:

How are you supposed to tell how hot it is? How do YOU do it, Mr Smarty Pants?

 

[darthphineas]

Re: 40 watt soldering iron enough?

How are you supposed to tell how hot it is? How do YOU do it, Mr Smarty Pants?

haha!

you mean I don't have to wait until the smoke detector goes off??

 

[Mincer]

Re: 40 watt soldering iron enough?

I do it until I smell bacon.

 

[GuitarDoc]

Re: 40 watt soldering iron enough?

this'll get ya where you need to be

https://www.hakkousa.com/products/soldering/hakko-fx-951-soldering-station.html

Yeeeaahhh. Nearly $300 and no tips included.

 

[GuitarDoc]

Re: 40 watt soldering iron enough?

mmmmm, bacon.

 

[darthphineas]

Re: 40 watt soldering iron enough?

Yeeeaahhh. Nearly $300 and no tips included.

Hakko discontinued the 936 model, but you can fine them HERE for $85 while they are still in stock

392° F to 896° F. good for pickup installs and working on boards (amps, pedals, etc). I've been able to score replacement tips for it at Radio Shack.

 

[LtKojak]

Re: 40 watt soldering iron enough?

You have to be VERY good at soldering to correctly solder p'up covers with a 40W iron, even with a station.

I use a 30W, pencil iron to solder everything, even on the back of the pots.

However, to solder covers, I have a 100W iron with a chisel tip I use almost exclusively for that.

HTH,

 

[uOpt]

Re: 40 watt soldering iron enough?

Wimps.

Here is how real people do it.
https://str.llnl.gov/str/Petawatt.html