unsubtle57 Posted August 29, 2004 Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 ok a quicky, for doing the electronics on a guitar what wattage of soldering iron is needed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weezerboy Posted August 29, 2004 Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 one that looks like this... At least a 30 watt. Weez, you sarcasm is unappreciated. Consider this a warning edited by litchfield Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapbarstrat Posted August 29, 2004 Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 Bad enough you mock his question, but then you even post a pic of an iron with some secret code written on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weezerboy Posted August 29, 2004 Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 what //could// it say? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Luthier Posted August 29, 2004 Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 It says 'Search Fuction"... 25Watt - 45Watt will work, but in order to properly wire an elctric guitar you need to be able to ground the pot casings, so the higher wattage iron will make that easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asm Posted August 29, 2004 Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 also, if your ever going to be doing any more soldering in the future or if you just like it. SERIOUSLY consider investing in a medium-high grade one. the difference is alot. bascially the ones at radio shack and stuff SUCK compared to a nice Weller. a good one will run around 60-100$ so not crazy expensive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapbarstrat Posted August 29, 2004 Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 I go through them almost like water. I'll sometimes drop them. They can't take it. I sometimes accidentally leave them on all night. They can't take it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted August 29, 2004 Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 Yes weller are nice! this is the one I had in my shop, now I have a portable kit that I got in my guard unit that was thrown away when the transformer went bad, I replaced it and that was it. The only difference is that mine is not variable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Luthier Posted August 29, 2004 Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 Yes weller are nice! this is the one I had in my shop, now I have a portable kit that I got in my guard unit that was thrown away when the transformer went bad, I replaced it and that was it. The only difference is that mine is not variable. That's cool. My electronics teacher back in highschool had a 'soldering station' likethat. Maybe when my OKAY soldering iron breaks I'll get something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsubtle57 Posted August 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 (edited) MOD EDIT the one i have now is beat up and at 40 watts i felt it was cooking the pots, as when i changed my pickups my tone pots died on me, so the iron is to blame. The comment was unappropriate, but still did not require any flaming from you. Edited August 30, 2004 by litchfield Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdguitars Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 I Use my soldering iron everyday for three hours on end. I have the same 25 watt that I have been using for three years. I would not go higher than 30 watts or you will fry your caps and pots. I replace my tip about once a month thats it. If you are having trouble soldering to the back of your pots you need to file off some of the resin that is on them. I would post a pic but I am at my other job... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 When my last RS special died, I bit the bullet and ordered this one: Auto-Temp Electronic Temperature Controlled Soldering Station (379UL) Man, I wish I'd done this years ago! While I don't use mine nearly as often as Big D does, I do tend to run it for several hours at a time when I use it, and I haven't had any problems. The temperature control is wonderful, especially when I go from soldering boards to tinning ground busses or soldering to pots and connectors - you can simply turn it up a bit, and it'll do the job in seconds. For $45.00, it's a deal, and I got a free multimeter thorwn in. It doesn't have the cool digital readout that the Wellers have, but it does the job. Take a look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsubtle57 Posted September 1, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2004 I have the same 25 watt that I have been using for three years. I would not go higher than 30 watts or you will fry your caps and pots. thank you thats all i was looking for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveq Posted September 1, 2004 Report Share Posted September 1, 2004 I've had a "professional" solder station similar to the Weller units (can't remember the brand right now) and liked it just fine. I couldn't find a new tip for it so I just went and bought a radio shack 20/40 watt iron. Believe it or not, it's been great. I've been using the 20 watt option the whole time I've had it and it's never let me down (less than 1 year). My only complaint about it is that it takes a long time to heat up. Here's what I soldered with my Radio Shack cheapomatic (but I like it): Those surface mount devices can be pretty tricky to solder but that iron did the job just fine. Here's another project I soldered with it. There's info on them in the In Progress section if you want to know what they are (don't want to get too off topic - just wanted to prove that the RadioShack units are decent enough to do something like these projects). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kings_x Posted September 2, 2004 Report Share Posted September 2, 2004 one that looks like this... At least a 30 watt. Weez, you sarcasm is unappreciated. Consider this a warning edited by litchfield Either way, that was pretty funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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