I have oftern thought of bringing one of my Weller tips to a jewler and
having it platinum plated.  Anyone ever tried that?

Dave VanHorn wrote:

>>
>> It depends on the tip. Some that I have used have what looks like a
>> copper plating over a steel core. If you grind thses down, they won't
>> work well after you get into the core. OTOH, the replacable tips on the
>> Radio Shack irons can be reground on a bench grinder and they works as
>> well afterwards, as they did before hand. (I'm not saying they are good
>> to start with but they don't get any worse :) Since the tips are about
>> an inch long, you can regrind/shape them quite a few times before you
>> have to replace them.
>
>
> Tinned copper tips are regrindable, but corrode very fast, making
> regrinds
> necessary.
> Iron plated copper isn't regrindable, (not really) but also last a LONG
> time, and therefore don't need it.
> Copper plated iron is what I would call USELESS from the start. :)
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