Soldering tips
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Sludgenutz
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Re: Soldering tips
Something on the order of .031" diameter, 60/40 alloy, rosin core solder will do for nearly everything.
Just think of it being near the diameter of an A string (5th string) from your average electric guitar string pack.
As far as "soldering resin", I am not aware of rosin flux in a "gauge" form. It is usually a brush-on liquid, a thicker paste, or a thin liquid dispensed from a flux-pen which looks like a common permanent marker with a valve on it's spring loaded tip...or...simply rolled into the center of the typical electronics solder mentioned above at the time of manufacture.
Something on the order of .031" diameter, 60/40 alloy, rosin core solder will do for nearly everything.
Just think of it being near the diameter of an A string (5th string) from your average electric guitar string pack.
As far as "soldering resin", I am not aware of rosin flux in a "gauge" form. It is usually a brush-on liquid, a thicker paste, or a thin liquid dispensed from a flux-pen which looks like a common permanent marker with a valve on it's spring loaded tip...or...simply rolled into the center of the typical electronics solder mentioned above at the time of manufacture.
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Dru Edwards
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Make sure you use 60/40 alloy (tin/lead). I tried the lead-free and it didn't work.
Make sure you use 60/40 alloy (tin/lead). I tried the lead-free and it didn't work.
Sludgenutz
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Yup, I always forget there are lead free alloys in use all over the world (militaries, and aerospace are exempt). It's no big deal, but even my Duncan P-Rails have a RoHS compliant label on the bottom. Seymour has to sell product all over the planet (Europe), and lead free solders are a minimal issue with the actual manufacture of pickups themselves. Installation is our issue here. Lead free solders are harder to work with, need special fluxes, require substantially higher working temps, and not as "sweet" when one has work and rework the solder joint, which can be common with pedal mods, and amp builds. Too much heat can destroy a solder pad, and this is even more of a problem, as the PC board metallic traces used in nearly all electronics get thinner and thinner for economics sake.
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There is really no need to buy 60/40 solder in one pound rolls for a typical guitar player! First, the amount of solder a typical guitar player might use in a lifetime is VERY low. Second, smaller amounts might be more expensive by the foot, but if those parts are split up...it protects one from losing the entire roll!
What I am getting at, is there are really convenient 1/2 ounce hand-held dispensers for .031" solder. The actual size of the tube is about 5" long:
These are great! They might cost $4 each, but buying a $18 pound of the same solder is silly! I am a bench tech, and it takes YEARS and YEARS to use up a pound of solder. If you want a solid pound of the stuff, getting a freind or two to split the cost makes far more sense.
Also, one could make their own hand-held dispenser from any number of empty plastic tubes and markers, as long as a they are cleaned out and a hole made to dispense. Wrapping the solder around a dowel or rod will get you the form you need to fill the dispenser, if have/insist on the one pound roll.:bigok:
Yup, I always forget there are lead free alloys in use all over the world (militaries, and aerospace are exempt). It's no big deal, but even my Duncan P-Rails have a RoHS compliant label on the bottom. Seymour has to sell product all over the planet (Europe), and lead free solders are a minimal issue with the actual manufacture of pickups themselves. Installation is our issue here. Lead free solders are harder to work with, need special fluxes, require substantially higher working temps, and not as "sweet" when one has work and rework the solder joint, which can be common with pedal mods, and amp builds. Too much heat can destroy a solder pad, and this is even more of a problem, as the PC board metallic traces used in nearly all electronics get thinner and thinner for economics sake.
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There is really no need to buy 60/40 solder in one pound rolls for a typical guitar player! First, the amount of solder a typical guitar player might use in a lifetime is VERY low. Second, smaller amounts might be more expensive by the foot, but if those parts are split up...it protects one from losing the entire roll!
What I am getting at, is there are really convenient 1/2 ounce hand-held dispensers for .031" solder. The actual size of the tube is about 5" long:
These are great! They might cost $4 each, but buying a $18 pound of the same solder is silly! I am a bench tech, and it takes YEARS and YEARS to use up a pound of solder. If you want a solid pound of the stuff, getting a freind or two to split the cost makes far more sense.
Also, one could make their own hand-held dispenser from any number of empty plastic tubes and markers, as long as a they are cleaned out and a hole made to dispense. Wrapping the solder around a dowel or rod will get you the form you need to fill the dispenser, if have/insist on the one pound roll.:bigok:
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jerryjg
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Oh. I thought you meant soldering tips, as in what you put on the tip of your soldering irion.
Home Depot and Lowes sell ya the Weller gun, but the tips are not in stock. Maybe I'll try their customer servce. Thas a ripoff. I bought a 20 dollar Weller irion and cannot find tips for it.
Oh. I thought you meant soldering tips, as in what you put on the tip of your soldering irion.
Home Depot and Lowes sell ya the Weller gun, but the tips are not in stock. Maybe I'll try their customer servce. Thas a ripoff. I bought a 20 dollar Weller irion and cannot find tips for it.
Sludgenutz
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Re: Soldering tips
Jerry, PM sent. Weller has tips available...but the mass retailers don't support the products because they are doofs. They would rather re-sell the same iron over and over!:eek13:
Jerry, PM sent. Weller has tips available...but the mass retailers don't support the products because they are doofs. They would rather re-sell the same iron over and over!:eek13: