I have a Weller Jr that is over 40 years old and still going strong. I still has
the original light bulb in it. I never did buy the Weller tips, I always made
mine with an old piece of 12 guage solid copper wire. When the tips starts
losing heat I just made a new one.
Arvid Jedlicka <arvidj@visi.com> on 05/23/99 11:28:34 AM
Please respond to Arvid Jedlicka <arvidj@visi.com>
To: shop talk <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
cc: (bcc: Bob Chansler/Boulder/IBM)
Subject: Re: solder gun recommendations please
At least for me, nine times out of ten I simply loosen the
two nuts that hold the tip into the gun and then retighten
them. The constant heating and cooling seems to cause
them to loosten up. Then they start to corrode. Then the
tip fails to heat.
Working the nut back and forth a little and making sure it's
tight improves the electrical connection at the junction,
making sure the energy makes it to the tip and is not
converted to heat by the high resistance of the bad
nut connection.
Arvid
At 08:41 AM 5/23/99 -0400, Art Pfenninger wrote:
>
>Are you sure the guns are bad? Try replacing the tips they don't last long
>and if they are bad you get no heat at all or at least not enough heat to
>melt the solder.
>...Art
>
>On Fri, 21 May 1999, Gano, Ken wrote:
>
>>
>> After find two Wal Mart special solder guns dead in the garage tonight I
>> have promised myself a new "good" one tomorrow. Any recommendations?
>>
>> Ken Gano
>> kengano@advant.com
>>
>>
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