Is this hot enough for simple solder repairs?
912258
I doubt it. It's hot enough for simple wood projects. Still trying to find wood easy to work with this tool. I just bought it to do a quick art study.
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!
629563
I have never tried soldering silver with it but mine gets hotter than any other torch I've had before. Just don't know anything about soldering silver.
2267682
I used it for changing Ipod's battery, and soldering on that was tiny and delicate. It worked quite well. Only thing is you will have to wait for a few minutes after connecting to allow it to heat up properly. Good Luck.
1124793
I have mine set on 460 degrees. I have found that heating up (tempering) the lead came first, before using the solder works best. Just don't touch the came it becomes VERY HOT. Hopes this helps.
1636163
yes but on a low flame. This portasol device has the ability to reach 850 °F; whereas copper soldering needs a range of 350 to 600 degrees Fahrenheit.
781543
NO, it won't get that hot, you need a forge for that. Lead has a much lower melting point.
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
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.
175029
yea I used an iron with heat tip to repair caps on some old monitors. The solder worked very well.
1442096
I would say the tip is way to big for the small spots you would be trying to melt. Also i don't know it the heat range is high enough for even low temp solder. I use it to apply to shrink wrap to solder wires
239223
I do not know the temp range as it is not calibrated. I have found that the mid-point is hot enough to both tin the tip and solder wires to delicate connectors. For the price, it is a good unit. The flat tip that comes with the unit is not ideal for soldering in tight spaces - I recommend that you order some conical tips if you are going to be working with circuit boards.
1642928
if it requires 1100 degree solder this is not that high of a melting point it is usually 450-750 degrees as it has a small amount of tin in it. hope this will help...
1172612
It reaches the set point is 30sec and is ready to use. If it is a connection to a ground plane or other large object such as solder wick a minute is needed. The soldering iron is pretty good, especially for the price but it isn't like a Metcal or Weller WD-1 where the heating element is right down by the tip with near instant heat. The hot air is worth it's weight in gold.
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
868409
When the other answer speaks of heat resistance and puncture resistance, it is moot just because for 15 dollars, small burns in the top surface are not at all a worry. If you were to leave your soldering iron on the mat it might melt but that is something to try to avoid.
1080564
I can't tell you what wattage soldering iron but I can say that almost all soldering irons work with this stuff. It does not really require all that high of a temperature. If your iron will handle conventional solders, it will work fine with this. I understand it is not a lot of silver involved here even though it is called silver solder.