What are the 3-4 different heating temperature for this tool? I want to use it for soldering on Electronics. I know it goes up to 950F.
801152
No, it won't work for that. It's for crafts. I use it. for hours and hours on its absolute hottest setting and still have trouble carving hollow craft foam.
801153
These are sold in every craft store in the country. Don't pay the Walnut Hollow unreasonable shipping on amazon. For a $5 purchase of new blades they wanted $40+ shipping.
801154
It has different colors instead of temp numbers or deg's. It states which materials are best with each variance, like it starts with leather and goes up from there. Very nice piece of equipment.
801155
The dial on this tool is like that of a dimmer switch dial. It goes from off to up to 950 degrees and anywhere in between, depending on where you turn the dial. It does not have fixed settings for low, medium, high, etc.
2157931
I use 750 degrees for printed circuit board work using rosin core lead solder.
1445569
I use mine very infrequently (once per mo.?). 5 mos. old and it will not melt solder so I'm online looking for a manual or video for the procedure of recalibrating it...no luck yet but I just started my search. *Update: Okay, it's not anything to do with calibration (I found nothing in the mini-manual...LOL...good gravy). It's not certain yet but another iron may need to be purchased to fix this one....uggghhhh....Does anyone have any good reviews for another iron of medium to high wattage for motherboard work?
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.
304752
I'm sure you could..but you'd be heating a very large area..I would use a solder gun to melt old solder..which is typically 700 to 750 degrees..
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.
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There appears to be no way to change the readout to read degrees F, so a good way is to make a notation of what temperature in degrees F you desire on a piece of tape and fasten it to the side of the soldering station, so you can dial (punch) in the appropriate temperature in degrees C. You should have only a few settngs for conversion.
781543
NO, it won't get that hot, you need a forge for that. Lead has a much lower melting point.
1582104
Wattage does not reflect temperature. A low wattage iron can have a very high temperature. That being said... the temperature range is 365F - 895F and should work fine for any general soldering task.
842355
my research says yes using 400 + degrees. Use adjustable temp control. I have not tried the lead Free solder Geri
398403
Thank you for contacting Parts Express. To follow is product information: This professional 60 watt soldering iron features a replaceable tip, ergonomically designed cool grip rubber handle, and a nickel-iron plated long life copper tip. Provides an operating tip temperature of 860F with fast heat time and quick heat recovery. 120 VAC. Replacement tip JT-102. Sincerely, Customer Service Team
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We bought 6 of these and needed longer leads on 2 of them. So I cut and spliced 8' of wire on 2 of them making the leads 10' long on each. We tested the temps against the factor 4- and all 6 units were all winthin a 00.4 degree range. ( the spliced being .4 lower than the highest factory wire) It worked very good to splice them. It is important that the splices are soldered, not twisted or butt spliced
439280
4o Watt is usually what is used. It will get the solder melted and stuck quickly. The faster you can stick it down the better off you are. These is less danger of breakage.
2125358
I have the S-9500.....think the difference is mine is a 1 inch wide iron. It goes as low as 300 degrees.
304751
No, it doesn't generate enough heat to melt solder or even pinpoint like a soldering gun. I see the other guy said it would but I still doubt it. You should take a piece of solder and hold the heat gun on it and see if it will melt. This will answer your question if you don't believe my answer.
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It is a soldering station, that is what it is for, soldering. :) It has variable heat control so it would work GREAT! Soldering tips: Use the station set at 350c to solder. Do NOT use a thin round (pointed) tip as you would think you should use at first glance. It simply does not have the surface area and cannot hold the heat needed to solder as well. I suggest you use a small chisel/flat tip on ANY electronic project. Only use a small pointed tip if you physically cannot get the chisel into an area. Thin tips are simply not as good no matter what you are soldering, they simply require too much heat to get consistently hot at the proper temperatures. Always use thin solder, 60/40 or 63/37 (my favorite) multi-core flux. Get a good brand. No need for thick solder. Use a good cleaning pad or metal pad. Use a small fan to blow the solder fumes away as you solder. Wear goggles.
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I haven't used my soldering iron this year though from what I remember it was within 5 min. I was soldering solar cells and the variable temp was important. I'm happy with it.Michael SedonaCreations.com