CHEAP SOLDERING IRON: Quick & Easy Upgrade
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- čas přidán 13. 11. 2023
- Cheap soldering iron? Here's a quick and easy upgrade! #diy #tutorial #make #electronic #soldering
Note: bradley9856 has a simple, elegant solution to the missing strain relief bushing: use a tie wrap (instead of my bungling wrapped wire method). You live, you learn!
good video, fortunately I already have a fancy white silicone cable on my weller iron, but just a suggestion for strain relief, use zip ties, and for tips you can find the datasheet for your iron, weller has many different types of tips that are all over the internet
Brilliant! The first thing I did upon reading your suggestion was replace those bits of wire I was using. Tie wraps work beautifully and I wish I'd thought of that before shooting this.
Now I know. Thanks, Bradley!
@@ducttapersanonymous glad I could help!
I added your suggestion to the video's description, hoping anyone watching this will also read the description.
To clean your iron tip just use a damp sponge it will clean it in a few passes on the damp sponge. My last soldering station came with a sponge that fits in the holder for the iron. Heck even a damp paper towel or cloth works in a pinch.
Thanks Spags! I’ve got that little yellow sponge on my station and I always use it. I just recently bought the brass wool cleaner that I show here, to see how that’ll work.
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Weller as used by the MOD for 50+yrs. antex you describe these makes as cheap weller with magnetic temp stabilisation and antex whose bits are more expensive than most low end irons please tell us what planet you are beaming this from. P.s. do you know of any cheap and nasty throw away Fluke meter Improvements we can do to make them usable
WOHOOO
Merci!
Link to the wire you use? thank you
Basically, it's a 3 conductor 18 gauge wire. You can either search "18-3 300-volt cabtire wire" or here's the link from the Montreal store I bought it from: addison-electronique.com/en/sjoow-cable-cabtire-3c-18-awg-ft2-black-5-m.html
Or 16 gauge at Home Depot in the US: www.homedepot.com/p/Southwire-25-ft-16-3-300-Volt-CU-Black-Flexible-Portable-Power-SJEOOW-Cord-55040311/304806786
Cheers!
Apple's power cables, particularly for their laptops, have the desired characteristics i.e. circular profile, silky-rubbery surface, stiffness, durability of the sheath. And they are usually easily found -- either around the house or for a few bucks at a fripperie -- because they _long_ outlast the chargers they accompany when those are bought new. They also, of course, come with a robust molded plug already installed -- sparing you the cost of $8-15 for a new plug such as shown in the video. Even a new 2-prong plug (? NEMA 1-15P) is a few bucks.
On the subject of strain relief bushings: since the Weller handles taper, I'll assume they taper internally as well; a close-fitting, thin-walled plastic sleeve fitted over the cable can be turned into a self-gripping strain relief by castellating both ends using a fine cutting disk on a rotary tool, such that the slots slightly overlap at the mid-point of the sleeve, and are offset from the ones at the other end. An alternative: a short section of neoprene ('rubber') hose taken from exercise kits (don't know what they're called technically) or a section of surgical tubing.
Holy crap! I love the positive input I’m getting from you guys. Thanks!