https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/another-soldering-question/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:27:50 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/another-soldering-question/#post-293597 Fri, 23 May 2008 18:55:59 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance verlinr https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/another-soldering-question/#post-293597 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/another-soldering-question/#post-282434 Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:30:19 +0000 gnease says it clearer and better than any label.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance dogbite https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/another-soldering-question/#post-282434 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/another-soldering-question/#post-282411 Sun, 24 Feb 2008 09:49:50 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance TRGuitar https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/another-soldering-question/#post-282411 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/another-soldering-question/#post-282314 Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:46:34 +0000
Here's one at Home Depot:

http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?jspStoreDir=hdus&catalogId=10053&productId=100085564&navFlow=3&keyword=soldering+gun&langId=-1&searchRedirect=soldering+gun&storeId=10051&endecaDataBean=com.homedepot.sa.el.wc.catalog.beans.EndecaDataBean%4060ff4019&ddkey=Search

Cheers!

Strat Hmmm -- be very careful, as that soldering gun is really overkill and can easily damage something as "Strat" mentions. It's a little like using a bigger hammer to make up for inexperience at driving nails. Sure, your soldering iron could be inadequate, but there's also a lot of finesse and technique invovled in good soldering.

Good soldering is all about adequate heat source and heat transfer, which respectively involves proper thermal mass or wattage (that Weller gun is a big hammer -- which can work in the right hands, but ...) to provide adequate heat, hygene = clean surfaces and correct solder, and contact area between the soldering iron tip and target. I routinely use a Weller 40W soldering pencil with its more massy (slightly bigger)tips for soldering to the backs of the pots, but I make sure the pots are cleaned (dirty and corroded don't solder well) and use a good quality rosin core solder. The solding tip as well must be clean and shiny with molten solder (well "tinned") to work well. It's possible to make up for poorly cleaned surfaces using a big @ss soldering iron, but the situation with dirty tips and big, high wattage iron tends to go from cold ... cold ... cold to I-just-burned-it-up very quickly. On a lower wattage iron, the importance of using the bigger tip where there is that option, is that these bigger tip will store more heat and will not cool down as quickly as a smaller tip will upon contact with the pot. The other thing that helps is using a flattened or wedge shaped tip to make better contact with the back of the pot. A pinpoint tip is great for soldering small wires, but does not provide enough surface area to get the heat transferred quickly enough.

Soldering is one of those skills that looks deceptively simple. It takes the right tool and materials, good technique and practice -- the last on something you don't value. Better luck to you.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance gnease https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/another-soldering-question/#post-282314 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/another-soldering-question/#post-282293 Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:38:57 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance monker77 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/another-soldering-question/#post-282293 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/another-soldering-question/#post-282292 Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:26:05 +0000
Here's one at Home Depot:

http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?jspStoreDir=hdus&catalogId=10053&productId=100085564&navFlow=3&keyword=soldering+gun&langId=-1&searchRedirect=soldering+gun&storeId=10051&endecaDataBean=com.homedepot.sa.el.wc.catalog.beans.EndecaDataBean%4060ff4019&ddkey=Search

Cheers!

Strat]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance stratman_el84 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/another-soldering-question/#post-282292 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/another-soldering-question/#post-30438 Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:59:08 +0000 I appreciate any comments.
TIA

Jeff]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance monker77 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/another-soldering-question/#post-30438