Does it work with lead free solder?
1728063
Yes. You will go through tips quickly however. Lead free solder will flow at around 600 F of iron heat. I have this iron, and its fully capable of staying hot at 850 F for hours. You may find it's difficult to find information on lead free soldering online --that's because no one uses lead-free solder until they get to a commercial level where it's impossible to control it's disposal....like in toys sold to kids. Lead solder is still used for thing like auto parts and high end electronics because it's stronger and isn't going to be thrown out in the millions-of-tons by the year.
1728064
It sure will. Lead free solder takes a higher temp to allow proper flow and this will easily reach that temperature within 20 seconds of startup.
1768623
No. Flux is incorporated in the solder. Flows easily with negligible residue when used with micro-torch.
1827410
All I can tell you is thats it's junk. Mine worked for about 10min and hasn't worked any more. Replaced it with a webber never a problem The soldering iron will work with the webber.
491367
I wondered the same thing but lead isn't mentioned anywhere on the packaging or the item. I think you would have to contact the manufacturer to get an answer to this question.
1526637
It does make things easy to stick together well with solder. Great for tinning wires.
1512432
Yes, MAPP will work fine for that. The melting point is only a little higher than that of plumbing solder. Be sure to use liquid flux, NOT the paste flux.
257683
I wouldn't...too much heat needed to make the solder flow,your flux will burn before the solder flows and youll melt surrounding material and the solder will just run off.
871594
No way!! For one thing it's held together with solder so it would fall apart immediately!
1288071
I have used various types of solder of my projects and have had no problems. Hope this helps. I don't think there is a limit on what solder types or sizes.
1156445
I think all of my solder is lead-free silver solder, I clean it frequently while working and it seems fine. Don't know if it's more susceptible to damage or not.
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.
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.
1255258
To the best ofmy knowledge it is lead free. None of the instructions that come with it say anything about lead and there do not seem to be any lead parts, Hope this helps.
169480
I would say yes, as long as you sand of the metal, if paint is on it, to ensure the soldering is applied. Be careful as the soldering tip is extremely hot
595192
Depends on the handle , you have to heat the handle to the point where the solder will flow into the repair ,if your material is too thin where your heating it could simply melt away.
408173
Yes, that stay clean is required to clean and etch the metal so the solder can bond securely.
1190568
These boards are small enough that bridging the pads with solder works pretty well if you put the components close together. For things with leads, leds, resistors, etc. using part of the lead as a trace works really well. This page has some good examples of both methods: http://itp.nyu.edu/physcomp/Tutorials/SolderingAPerfBoard