Hi Jeff:
I don't believe it has to be quite that 'analytical' an
approach. The intent of my comments in the article were to try to
urge builders to use a soldering iron tip width which would not
easily overlap the pad width, thus promoting the potential for
dragging excess solder between pads
Jeff,
You may be splitting hairs, but I prefer a 1.60 mm ( 1/16 inch) chisel
tip for most of my soldering.
The flat on the tip allows sufficient area to conduct heat onto most
solder pads, and work well for me.
More important than the size of the tip is to heat both the solder pad
and the comp
I use a 1.6 mm chisel tip on my Hakko 936 soldering station for 99.9% of my
circuit board work including building and modifying the Elecraft K2, KX1, XV
transverters, and a variety of mini-modules, homebrewing lots of stuff and
repairing commercial gear.
The challenge is to transfer heat efficien
Hi gang,
This document on the Elecraft web site,
http://bit.ly/solderingtips
says,
"[Soldering iron] tip width will normally be in the range of 1/32" (0.79mm)
through 1/8" (3.2mm), depending upon the width of the pad to which you are
soldering. The width of the tip selected should be about 75% t
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