soldering gun

Darthness · Post by **Darthness** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 5:37 pm

Here i am with my brand new weller universal 140/100w soldering gun! well, i did one led project without any problems, and almost halfway done with my current one and i pick up the gun and start to heat it up and i notice that the bottom half of the top is disconnected from the top part... which, equals gay. i'm assuming this isn't repairble so i have to go buy a new tip now (that = gay)

this sucks, i wanted to have my new domelight in tommorow!

NViejeP · Post by **NViejeP** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 5:46 pm

That sucks. I feel your impatienc.e I've been waiting on my sub for like 3 weeks now.

they finally shipped it last weekbut it wont be here till wednesdya lol

William from NOLA · Post by **William from NOLA** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 6:08 pm

Sorry you broke your penis off. That sucks.

joeyc · Post by **joeyc** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 6:25 pm

wow yeah i broke my penis one time and.....well not really. I was trying to empathize with him. Tips don't cost much bro, just go to the "shack" they have tips for weller guns.

Darthness · Post by **Darthness** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 6:26 pm

i know. its just ****** that it broke

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joeyc · Post by **joeyc** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 6:38 pm

you were probably almost done huh? thats usually when *** breaks! damnit!!!

Darthness · Post by **Darthness** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 6:47 pm

yeah. had 3 more leds and solder.

Post by **GlassWolf** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 5:41 am

guys, clean up the language and lewdness around here.. It's been getting a bit out of hand lately.
thank you.

that applies to everyone, smoker.

if you're soldering LEDs, you should be using a 15/30 watt soldering pen.
you're using the wrong tool for the job to begin with. Pick up a 30 wat pen at radio shack for $10 and try that.

Darthness · Post by **Darthness** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 8:50 am

my dad picked up a soldering iron such as described at walmart today... but it still ticks me off that the tip broke :P

Post by **GlassWolf** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 10:32 am

I feel ya there.. the pen is just better at not damaging the LEDs when soldering the leads. The gun gets so hot it will actually melt the LEDs before you can heat the wire enough to liquify the solder for a good connection. This way you'll have working LEDs when you finish :)