You just use a heat gun, which you’d use anyway for the heat shrink tubing. Compared to crimp connectors, solder seal connectors are watertight, create a much stronger connection that can’t be ...

Dampen a sponge with water. Then heat up the soldering gun and wipe off the tip with the sponge. Apply tip tinner to prevent oxidation. Once the tip is bright and shiny, it's ready for soldering.

Unlike a standard soldering iron, this soldering gun is intended for heavy-duty needs. Owing to this, the Weller gun has a maximum power rating of 260W, which allows it to achieve temperatures of ...

May 30, 2012 Modder Mike Warren has given meaning to the term "soldering gun," by combining a battery-operated soldering iron with an old air pistol to make a cool hand-held heat weapon View 8 Images ...

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Aside from SMD work, a heatgun can be a very valuable tool for PCB stripping and being used for solder reflow. We’re a little surprised we haven’t seen a homebrew heat gun in quite a while.

But since they’re not meant to be replaced [Todd] needed to do some soldering. Here you can see he’s using a solder gun to make the connection between the new battery and one of the solder tabs.

Runaway heat can eat up your soldering tips and end their life prematurely. A proper soldering station is a lifetime investment. Buy once and use forever! For decades, Weller has been the standard for ...

Let us know what works best for you. The next trick is to add some heat exchanging material to the tip of the iron. Cut off a length of de-soldering braid or get a small bunch of steel wool.