Soldering supplies?.......yay!

[Alexander_0_1]

Ok, I realize I should have thought of this before I started looking at a brushless set up for my wraith, but I thought about it and realize I no longer have a soldering gun, I gave it away a while ago. Anyways what are you guys/gals using when soldering electronics. My initial plan was to get in contact with the guy that re-balled my 1st GEN PS3, but the RCnetwork YouTube video made it look so easy that I'm considering ordering one, along with solder, wire....and whatever else might come to mind.....like connectors.

 

[MR4X4KING]

soldering may take a little practice
A good iron is a Hakko 936
check ebay out you should find everything you need

 

[Alexander_0_1]

Thanks for the help, as long as I'm not buying crap!, cause that would really bother me to go out and buy a crap-tastic new tool.
I don't wanna "toot" my own horn but I've done a small piece of welding, and I'm hoping a steady hand will help. No I'm not B-Pressure certified, but I have done about 200 drip trays, and a handful of Texas gate repairs.

 

[Sixtysixdeuce]

Another suggestion, as they're on sale right now for $70 (a good unit at full $90 price as well)

http://www.radioshack.com/product/i...&filterName=Price&filterValue=$50.00+-+$99.99

I've been very happy with mine. Used it for soldering leads onto 8 ga wire, as well as .001" solenoid wire onto 0402 SMD LEDs (very small, 1mm x 1.6mm) for my T-gauge train set (1:450 scale, 3mm track width; nearly seven times smaller than HO scale)

This is my T-gauge layout, shown with a 9mm cartridge for scale. You can imagine how delicate the soldering is to make appropriately sized street & signal lights for this! That two story house in the background is a mere 3/8" tall.

 

[Alexander_0_1]

Thanks sixty, There hasn't been a RadioShack in my area since I was 15, but I can slip into The Source and have a look see. I might just get lucky.

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Your train set would look killer inside a glass bottle

 

[WoodiE]

I use the Team Checkpoint TC-950 and VERY happy with it, the next would I would recommend would be the Hakko FX888 for sure. A good thread to check out would be "How to solder correctly", lots of information and links.

 

[Alexander_0_1]

Well I ordered my team checkpoint TC-950, and got some 60/40 lead solder, but I didn't get any flux, cause I didn't take my iPad mini with me and didn't know which one would suit my needs, also is .12 gauge wire the norm or should I be looking for something thicker, one of my audio buddies says thicker wire has less resistance....what ever that implies, So do I needed wires with less resistance?

 

[moe7404]

this might be off the subject but. when learning to braze, an OLD OLD welder showed me trick. use a regular pencil to mark a line to stop the braze at. the braze will stop on its own. but you can push it past. that trick let me make some very good looking braze jobs

 

[HPIguy]

I also have the Radio Shack unit pictured above, and it's been great for about three years running now. I've soldered some pretty small stuff as well, thanks to the "How to solder correctly" sticky.

 

[moe7404]

well i found on the internet, that you can flux for silver solder by mixing borax 1 part to 1/2 part salt. i have NOT used this mix. but i have used straight borax for brazing rod.