At 02:17 PM 10/01/2012, you wrote:
>On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 1:20 PM, Cristiano Cesaretto
><cristiano@cesaretto.it> wrote:
> > Hello.
> > What do you guys think about a soldering iron like this one:
> >
> >=20
> http://www.tme.eu/html/EN/jbc-al-2a-soldering-stations-with-solder-dispen=
ser/ramka_2736_EN_pelny.html
> >
>
>Looks pretty cool.  However, the webpage says it has a guide for
>soldering wire 0.9-1.0 mm.  That is quite a bit heavier than the
>solder I usually use.  I wonder if it would be hard to use solder that
>thick for DIPs, etc. without bridging.

I apply heat to the lead and pad simultaneously and apply the
solder to the other side of the lead/pad joint. I have never tried one
of those gadgets (they've been around for a long time), but I can't
imagine it would give that kind of subtle control.

>Or is that the width of solder most people are using?

I use mostly 0.8mm and that is very thick compared to what most people
use. I like it because I have the motor skills to manage it, even with
fairly fine SMT, and don't have to hand feed miles of the stuff even
when the pads are relatively large. The flux fill seems more consistent
on the thicker solder too.

>-Eric




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