Tips for Relocating the Cartidge Slot

Post by **marshallh** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 3:55 pm

I really couldn't care less about my $8 soldering iron. Now, I will be careful with me Weller iron I'm saving up for

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shmagoogin77 · Post by **shmagoogin77** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 5:23 pm

how do u tin it?

Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 5:37 pm

Sodler is like, 60% tin, so to tin it basically means to get some solder smeared on the tip.

EDIT: I found this site rather informative:

How to tin/care for soldering tips

nos_slived · Post by **nos_slived** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 7:51 pm

Melt some solder onto your tip, then place the tip lightly above a wet piece of paper towel while you turn your iron around. Don't set it right down on the paper towel, just enough to keep the solder from flying off when you twirl it around. Move your solderring iron around in that glob of solder until the whole end of the tip is coverred with solder.

timmeh87 · Post by **timmeh87** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 8:44 pm

you should probably invest in a sponge. i think one came with my iron actually. they are squishy which helps with the wiping of the tip. they kind you gotta use is the yellow kind that gets hard when it dries out

nos_slived · Post by **nos_slived** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 9:26 pm

Yes, using a sponge is usually better than wet paper towel, but not when you're tinning using the instructions I gave. In my experience, the solder will just fall into the sponge if it is a big enough blob, while it will just sit on the top of a wet paper towel.

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 12:19 am

i dont think it really matters especially when a new tip is only $1.50

timmeh87 · Post by **timmeh87** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 12:53 am

the last one i got was 5 bucks

nos_slived · Post by **nos_slived** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 2:24 am

Hey Turbo, did you know that in Delaware the death penalty can be carried out by hanging. That is somehow related to use talking about solderring iron tips, I'm just not quite sure how.

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 10:23 am

nos_slived wrote:Hey Turbo, did you know that in Delaware the death penalty can be carried out by hanging. That is somehow related to use talking about solderring iron tips, I'm just not quite sure how.

im pretty sure they dont hang anymore.

i think they prefer the gas chamber, but whatever as long as im not on death row im cool with it

nos_slived · Post by **nos_slived** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 12:06 pm

They can't use the gas chamber, atleast not legally. They can hang people, or give them lethal injections. Though they usually use lethal injections, they could still hang a criminal, if they decided to. It would, however, have to take place in a prison, as public executions are now illegal. New Hampshire and Washington are the other 2 states that can execute by hanging.

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 12:10 pm

thats pretty k-razy thanks for the interesting fact

nos_slived · Post by **nos_slived** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 12:29 pm

Another interresting "death row" fact, is that both Alabama and Nebraska have the death penelty, but they don't acknowledge the lethal injection system, so their only form of execution is by electricution.

shmagoogin77 · Post by **shmagoogin77** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 8:22 pm

i heard that if u live after ine shock of the electric chair you not sentenced to death any more

nos_slived · Post by **nos_slived** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 8:27 pm

I don't think that's true. From what I've read, if you live through your "execution", they sentence you again.