EEVblog #180 - Soldering Tutorial Part 1 - Tools
Why Electrical Engineering Stack Exchange recommends it
Electronics Stack Exchange answerers point people to it when they ask about soldering irons, tips, temperature and kit choices, treating Dave Jones as a trusted authority on soldering tools and technique.
Recommended by 3 people across 4 different months, 2014 to 2019.
What it is
Part 1 of Dave Jones's three-part EEVblog soldering tutorial, focused on the tools needed for good quality soldering: irons, tips and related equipment. Dave presents it in his usual on-camera bench style and notes it overlaps with his earlier general lab tools video.
What people said
Recommends George · 2014-11 · Electrical Engineering Stack Exchange · on “How can I solder LCD Pins when solder does not "stick"?”
If it doesn't "stick", the best thing to do is use a Flux Pen. These are less than £2 on eBay ( [LINK] ). These are designed to clean the joint and remove all the oxidastion on the metal parts or legs. You almost "draw" with the flux pen over what you want to clean up. It will leave a horrible looking mess, but the solder will then work. The reason solder doesn't stick is because the metal becomes oxodised after a while so the solder won't "stick", as it has no bare metal to stick to! Also, try using a lower temperature on your soldering iron. It may be too hot to work with. If you don't have a temperature controlled one then bin it, and get one as the non-temperature controlled ones are so
Recommends Coliban · 2015-03 · Electrical Engineering Stack Exchange · on “What soldering kit for tiny electronics?”
All you need to know is addressed in Dave Jones dev video blog: [this video] He also mentions Hakko and many more tools and techniques. It is worth watching his tutorials, not only for beginners.
Recommends Bimpelrekkie · 2015-10 · Electrical Engineering Stack Exchange · on “What is the best tips to use while soldering?”
Have you seen this video [this video] ? If anyone, Dave knows what he's talking about. Soldering isn't only about what tip you use but many other things as well. You can use the most fancy-schmancy silver tip ever but if you set the temperature incorrectly or use the wrong solder, it's a waste of money. As far as I know for general soldering no-one uses silver tips. A copper tip is good enough but you need to use it properly and maintain it so that it will last a long time. An oxidized tip will not be able to transfer the heat properly so you need to keep your tip in good shape. In paractice the heat conductivity of copper is sufficient and I don't see why silver would improve on that. What is im
Recommends Bimpelrekkie · 2019-05 · Electrical Engineering Stack Exchange · on “Does anyone know of a soldering iron that gets to 900 Fahrenheit?”
What makes you think you need to solder up to 482 degrees C ? You will burn / oxidize the flux. If you need extra heat, for soldering thick wires for example, what you need is **heat capacity**. That means a thick / wide tip and an iron with a high power rating. Learn more by watching the EEVBlog: [this video] and [LINK]