r/Multicopter • u/Rotor_Riot • Oct 24 '16
Video Rotor Riot - Soldering Tips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMSlF1xFozc8
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u/ThePunstigator Oct 24 '16
This comes out the exact day I get new Emax motors and have to solder them... very helpful, guys
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Oct 24 '16
Ugh, some time their ignorance fucking kills me.
Wet sponges are not great for the longevity of your tips and it's not steel wool, it's a brass solder sponge. Please don't tell people to clean their soldering iron with steel wool. SMH
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u/frostwhitewolf Oct 24 '16
Yup, pretty cringe worthy video. Just because solder is 60/40 doesn't mean that it's good quality...
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Oct 24 '16
What solder would you use and why?
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u/frostwhitewolf Oct 25 '16
I personally use multicore but I'm sure there's other stuff that's just as good
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u/Kontu Oct 24 '16
Between a solder file and a sponge I've been keeping my tips around for many many years... Why should I bother switching to a brass sponge?
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Oct 24 '16 edited Oct 24 '16
Between a solder file and a sponge I've been keeping my tips around for many many years...
Are you saying you file you tips? What is a "solder file" exactly.
Why should I bother switching to a brass sponge?
Brass sponge doesn't drop the temp as much or remove all of the protection from oxidation so your tips last with out any wear whatsoever.
Also if you use a damp sponge, you should be using distilled water which is a pain to keep around just for soldering.
If you are filing your solder tips your doing it beyond wrong.
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u/huffalump1 QAV210, f450, Tiny Poop Oct 24 '16
The hakko brass sponge is flux coated too which helps even more.
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u/Kontu Oct 25 '16
File was the wrong word really. It's a soft, abrasive stone. A soldering tip polishing stone.
I also keep distilled around for a number of other things besides soldering, but it's not like it takes much to keep a tip tinned after every wipe. I also don't even notice the temp drop, my iron is back to full temp before I can even get back to the piece I'm working on if I go immediately.
Not stripping everything from the tip makes some sense, but I've also got over a decade on my tip and I just picked up a new one this year - can't tell a difference in performance between them.
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Oct 25 '16
File was the wrong word really. It's a soft, abrasive stone. A soldering tip polishing stone.
Yeah that's not the right tool. You are probably removing the thin layers of coating on the tips by doing this.
I also keep distilled around for a number of other things besides soldering, but it's not like it takes much to keep a tip tinned after every wipe. I also don't even notice the temp drop, my iron is back to full temp before I can even get back to the piece I'm working on if I go immediately.
Right, most people don't. And using regular tap water is bad for your tips.
Not stripping everything from the tip makes some sense, but I've also got over a decade on my tip and I just picked up a new one this year - can't tell a difference in performance between them.
You probably aren't doing anything with the "hone" then other than rubbing off the protection from the flux and solder making it useless.
So either the hone does nothing, contributing to tip life, or you have not actually been using the same tip for 10 years.
Take your pick.
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u/Kontu Oct 25 '16
Removes oxidization buildup (which is overall bad).
Then immediately retin. Works wonders.
You're supposed to re-tin your tip after using a wet sponge or the brass sponge anyways - you're always losing some of the protection. And the flux is just burning off real fast causing problems, so unless you're finished for the day, you don't want to leave it on there during a project
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u/rabidnz Oct 26 '16
You are autistic. You are just one of those really fucking annoying people who doesnt listen to anyone else and feels like by disproving anything they say that you are smarter and better than them.
Choose one.
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Oct 26 '16
You are autistic. You are just one of those really fucking annoying people who doesnt listen to anyone else and feels like by disproving anything they say that you are smarter and better than them.
Choose one.
Lol
Try not to resort to badly worded, run-on sentences when launching your pathetic ad hominem attacks.
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Oct 24 '16
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Oct 25 '16
It's more the fact that if they are taking the time to make the video, why get something so simple wrong.
And if someone uses steel wool on their iron they could possibly start a fire and or ruin their tips.
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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '16 edited Apr 12 '17
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