Free Weller soldering tips
Hi all, While cleaning up, I found soldering tips for Weller soldering iron. If you want them, they're yours via Canada Post. :-) --William
On 2021-10-05 11:24 a.m., William Park via talk wrote:
While cleaning up, I found soldering tips for Weller soldering iron. If you want them, they're yours via Canada Post. :-)
Wow. Several of those tips have certainly seen a lot of use. What is the temperature setting for those tips? I might be tempted if I thought that any of them would be useful when working with surface mount parts. -- Cheers! Kevin. http://www.ve3syb.ca/ | "Nerds make the shiny things that https://www.patreon.com/KevinCozens | distract the mouth-breathers, and | that's why we're powerful" Owner of Elecraft K2 #2172 | #include <disclaimer/favourite> | --Chris Hardwick
On Tue, 5 Oct 2021 at 15:13, William Park via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
While cleaning up, I found soldering tips for Weller soldering iron.
Those tips appear to be for the old TCP series Weller irons. If they have a number, such as 6, 7 or 8 stamped on the back end, then they are. Temperature is controlled by the tips themselves. The slug at the back changes from magnetic to non-magnetic when it reaches its curie temperature. This controls a magnetically activated switch in the iron's shaft to maintain the temperature. The number on the tip indicates its nominal operating temperature 6=600 degrees Fahrenheit , 7=700 F, 8=800F, etc. These tips won't work in (newer) Weller irons that aren't designed to work this way. I have several TCP type Weller irons. I take them if nobody else wants them. -- Scott
Soldering iron was WTCP-N, and the tips indeed have 6, 7, and 8 stamped at the back end. They were my Father's. Funny thing is, I thought the iron was like screwdriver bit holder. Every time tip makes contact, there was "click" inside. I thought something was loose. So, I tried to fix it and ended up breaking both the tip holder and the main station. Now that I've seen the inside, I don't like this type. Too many moving parts. I'm currently using simple cheap 40W iron with screw-on tip. On 10/5/21 4:25 PM, Scott Allen wrote:
On Tue, 5 Oct 2021 at 15:13, William Park via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
While cleaning up, I found soldering tips for Weller soldering iron.
Those tips appear to be for the old TCP series Weller irons. If they have a number, such as 6, 7 or 8 stamped on the back end, then they are. Temperature is controlled by the tips themselves. The slug at the back changes from magnetic to non-magnetic when it reaches its curie temperature. This controls a magnetically activated switch in the iron's shaft to maintain the temperature. The number on the tip indicates its nominal operating temperature 6=600 degrees Fahrenheit , 7=700 F, 8=800F, etc.
These tips won't work in (newer) Weller irons that aren't designed to work this way.
I have several TCP type Weller irons. I take them if nobody else wants them.
On Tue, 5 Oct 2021 at 19:59, William Park <opengeometry@yahoo.ca> wrote:
Every time tip makes contact, there was "click" inside.
The clicks you hear (and feel) are from the magnetic switch mechanism in the shaft moving back and forth due to being drawn to, and released from, the slug in the tip as the slug becomes magnetic and non-magnetic when it goes below and above (respectively) the rated temperature. This switch controls power to the heating element in the shaft that heats the tip. You have some types that I don't, so as I said, if nobody else wants them, I'll gladly pay the postage to mail them to me. -- Scott
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