HI, I have this soldeing iron and the Catalyst/ flame diffuser tip seems to have burned out. Do you have replacements parts for this soldering iron?
1287346
I dont have it, but you can buy from manufature, or any other band have same size then it would do the trick. Btw, interesting it Burnt out? Pic?
1426094
I have not had a problem igniting the soldering tip as long as the little air hole is pointed up. You can see the flame thru this hole
1989302
I used one for years, ran it very hot because I like to solder fast, only replaced the tip once.
1580397
I clean the burner tubes with a torch tip cleaner. You can get a tip cleaner at the hardware store or a farm and fleet store
195469
I also have this problem with the soldering iron pencil, the plastic of the thread that holds and covers the tip and resistance was heated and expanded, now the thread does not fit well and be seen. My solution was to put aluminum foil around to get them to hold, I think it's a problem of material and workmanship, for the rest I have no problem.
658974
Unplug it from the base. Unscrew the tip retainer and remove it and any tip you might have on it. Holding the handle, unscrew the black plastic ring that has the metal tip retaining threads embedded in it. Once that's off you gently push the cable through the handle exposing all of the solder connections. Now comes the tricky part, you need a functional soldering iron to desolder the old and resolder the new element boards. look it up online ....how to replace heating element in a 9378 solder station.....hope this helps.
1366512
I assume you are asking about copper or copper plated wire. You can do that with a regular soldering iron but the Lee melter at a pretty high temperature would work better. have at least 15% tin in the mix of lead or use pure tin.
1804374
This soldering iron does not have replaceable tips. It is a solid unit.It only 'looks' like one of Weller's regular replaceable tip irons.
687260
You need the correct tip for your soldering iron. Not any tip will do. These are made for the Weller type iron that WES51 type only. What kind of Iron do you have?
706418
It helps to tin the tip. What solder to use depends on the application. Flux is another question that says it depends on the application.
1105691
Unplug the mig torch lead. Measure the OD of end block that fits into the welder. post it and I will check for you.
694403
Did you try and replace the heating element with the spare one that comes with the set? At 217 degrees, that's not even close to melting solder. I know my station has to be set about 100 degrees higher than where I normally would set it, which tells me that the thermostat isn't very accurate, but other than that I've used mine to build hundreds of circuit boards at home and actually prefer my solder station over the ones I use at work. If the 2nd heating element doesn't work, I would contact the seller.
1286433
It comes with a small amount of lead free solder. See the picture of the iron, the solder is the coiled up in the middle.
759276
the unit came with many solder pencils so I haven't had the need to order replacement yet. The stock pencils are quite fragile so make sure you tint them before storage or they will go bad easily. The heating element is ceramic.
1445568
Most irons will usually last a very long time when used in a hobby but if you use it several hours daily for business then it won't last as long. The unit comes with a spare heat element and I would not purchase another until the one in the iron gores out. I have three irons, a high wattage gun iron, a small low wattage pencil and this iron. So depending on the item you are working on you may need another iron. I'm now looking for a small butane blow torch which I'd useful for heat shrinking tubing.
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.
796306
In my opinion, this soldering iron is of terrible quality. I bought one and it was VERY poorly put together.I ended up going with a Hakko. Check out the Hakko 951 or the Hakko 888.