can this be used with a soldering iron or do you have to use an open flame torch
1758874
Depends on the material you are working with. I use a soldering iron all the time for putting tattoo needles together, wireing and jewelry. Hope it helps.
1758875
I used it with a Weller soldering gun to repair a leak in a stainless steel pan. It worked very well. The type of iron/gun that you need will depend on what you are soldering since you need to raise the temperature of the item to the melting temp, but it should work fine.
1758876
I use this silver solder with a electric soldering iron, works real good as long as your irons heat range will melt it. Ron
1758877
Small open flame is good , all depends on the application.Keep the flame low and even then apply solder. good luck
1758878
Either way is good! In fact it may be better with a soldering iron since it's packaged in a smaller quantity as though intended for small jobs such as might be tackled with a soldering iron. Torches will work too though.
1080565
I use 150watt soldering iron but I also use a 25watt soldering iron with silver solder.but what are you soldering???
1187800
Barbara, you wouldn't want to do this in any case -it would alter the heat sensitivity of the probes (rendering their readings inaccurate.) The "don'ts" are few and pretty simple: Don't use the wire over the direct open flame, don't get 'em wet, and when you take the probe out of the meat you need to grasp the probe, not tug it out by the wire. Hope this helps.
342308
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.
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.
532938
I'm not sure what kind of work you're trying to do. This does use butane for heat and gets extremely hot even at it's lowest setting. I would never use this iron for board work. I use it on wiring harness connections to mechanism on pinball machines where it's too awkward to drag out my good iron. But, if you are very careful and quick, it might work for what you need to do.
532936
The iron has an adjustable heat output for the flame, and goes very low. I have soldered new chips into boards with it, LEDs, etc. but it has enough power on high to do wiring for boat trailers. Also very handy for repairing electronic dog fences outside.
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.
172701
No sir. But it's the best butane soldering iron I've used. Fast, adjustable, you can heat-shrink with it if it is not windy and the task is small
279140
The melting point of 99.3% Tin, 0.7% Copper solder is 455 °F (227 °C) As with any solder wire, you'll need to bring your iron 200-300 °F above that point in order to adequately heat your work piece so you don't end up with a cold joint. Because this is a fairly high melting point solder, it's not preferable for more delicate electronics (ICs, surface mount components), but should be fine for things like through-hole resistors, wires, etc.
1096336
Sorry I have never used it that way, however just a little heat and you will be just fine. You will notice the solder paste turns from a grayish color to silver once heat is applied. This is meant for surface mount devices which are hard to solder with and iron. Hope this helps a little. Try a hair dryer if you don't have a regular heat gun.
686573
A low wattage iron (10-15 Watts) might require so long to heat the solder to a fluid state, that you damage circuitry or material bonds. Use a good temperature controlled device. With a 700 to 750°F setting (approx) damage should be minimal.
690822
It really depends what you mean by flame retardent. The visible part of a flame is over 1700F (1000C), which is well over the specifications outlined for the product. It is plastic, and it will burn if you try to light it on fire, but it seems to go out when the fire is removed. I do not foresee any application of this product where it would require insulating wires from open flame. Fire is well above the temperature range of solder, or the operating temperature range of electronic components. If you have fire inside your electronics, I think the flame resilience of the shrink tubing is going to be the least of your troubles. I strongly suggest you do not shrink any heat-shrink tubing with any sort of combustion flame. If you must use a lighter, or other flame, keep the tubing well away from the visible portion of the flame. An electric heat gun is optimal, or even a small hair-dryer should work though it may not be as fast, or shrink the tubing as much as a heat gun. IF you have a small hobby torch, you can obtain a catalyst tip to convert the flame into a flow of extremely hot air, which works very well for shrinking tubing.
731194
This is a small torch. I doubt it would be good for that. You would be better off with a standard size propane or oxy/acetylene torch for that purpose. This would be great for soldering small parts or dozens of other smaller uses.
1228455
This tool will NOT melt copper wire. You need a real torch for that.This tool is only hot enough to melt low temperature solder.Harriete Estel Berman
214077
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
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.