Is this product good for soldering small parts to a micro-controller? If not, can you recommend any other soldering guns for this purpose?
1977380
I guess that would all hinge on the size of the parts you are fastening. ou can see the size of the solder gun tips at any store that sells them.. BUT, if I were planning on working on many of these circuits, I would opt for a solder station that usually would have smaller tips and full controll over heat generated. There are many in the marketplace.
1977381
No, the tip is way to large and the heat too high for that type of work. I would buy a variable heat pencil style soldering iron.
1977382
I would go for a 140/100 for light work. This 260/200 gets hot real quick and a little too strong for wire gauge 18 - 24 and smaller.
1683527
The real catch to soldering is more the using the right tinning then the solder it's self. Some like what i've linked below works for many metals (not well on stainless still, that requires a more specific tinning)Ruby Chemical 2OZ Liquid Rubyfluid
1442098
This is not a soldering tool. It's a small heat gun, best use is for heat shrink tubing in tight areas and other duties that requires high heat being blown in a smaller area. I have no idea if it will work for your needs.
1166450
I would have my doubts. It didn't work well with heat applications for me. When it gets too hot it seems to get soft.It may depend on how hot it gets . . . not sure. I would probably try solder for that. (?) Dale
349519
Any fine diameter silver solder will work fine. Rule of thumb is to always use solder with a smaller diameter than the wire you're trying to solder, I always try to use 0.032 for just about anything.
1238095
Not yet. I don't use them for soldering. They are to hold plastic parts for building model kits for my railroading hobby. In looking at them, they look to be made of nylon base material. Not sure the melting point of nylon, but I would guess a solding gun or pencil could melt them.
529319
Yes, I have used it to repair surface mount circuit boards, replacing ICs less than 1/4" square. The technique for soldering takes more time than removing SMT parts.Bruce Sanderson
2122677
The soldering gun works for solder base metals, steel, copper, brass, as well as gold and silver. It will NOT solder aluminum. Sure I have seen aluminum solder and flux....it doesn't really work all that well. This is not the fault of the gun, but the properties of aluminum.Harriete Estel Berman
2263313
Depends on what part of the laptop you want to solder on and your skill. I wouldn't suggest trying to solder tiny parts. But for attaching cables and such should be fine.
751652
I use one to work/solder surface mount electronics to printed circuit boards (PCBs). I love it but naturally if the parts get too small... I should have added that over the years I've use many magnified extension lights to work on PCBs, all had external springs. This light does not have external springs and seems to be much smoother when trying to position it for work. I haven't noticed any distortion when working on 0603 parts and don't want to go much smaller than that.I just ordered one for personal use.
2059352
Do not know at this time I only used the one that was on it when I got it, it is a good soldering gun all I did was replace it with the same basic one I had for about 40 years...
1228454
I've never tried, but probably not. For a dual-purpose gun that is used for electrical work as well as structural soldering, that would not be a particularly strong selling point. You are probably looking for welding or brazing tools, not soldering guns, if you want to actually melt wiring.
1386225
Given that this is a micro jig, this is more for a hobby application. This was a requested Christmas present for my son. He is working in a machine shop so enjoys building things. His hobby is working on "N" scale train layout buildings. Of course they are too small to need the use of the micro jig, but you can understand he works on smaller projects, hence using a better scaled tool.
1575398
Something like the Weller SP-175 or larger. It is an iron, not a gun, and this is the only type of soldering equipment designed for continuous use. Certainly not as convenient as a gun but it is good for a 24/7 duty cycle. The only other option I see if to have several of these plugged in and waiting to go and rotate them in and out.
2189655
I do not know if they make other size tips because these type syringes are designed to be used on micro size applications and when used with a bit of no clean flux; a little goes a long way, especially when repairing those micro mini cell phone ports. If a larger amount is desired you may be able to do so with the tip removed, but then, that defeats the purpose of using the low heat solder, because larger applications usually can be soldered using standard solder and higher heat requirements. That is just my opinion.
1658257
If you never soldered, I would not recommend doing that. The kit is relatively easy to solder, and it's doable, but most likely you will need to calibrate your hand on something simpler and the basic kits are inexpensive. As a beginner, the hardest (and funnier) part is to troubleshoot the kit and when I started assembling it, I had one bad solder at the first section. Have fun!
1575399
I think there is a factory recommended "duty cycle" for solder guns. I don't know of any manufacturer who will advise long term heavy usage. It will eventually burn out. They can generate a tremendous amount of dangerous heat internally.