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Title: Cordless Soldering Iron Post by rfw2003 on 04/13/13 at 21:34:51 Can anyone recommend a good quality cordless soldering iron. I don't mind if it's fuel powered or not, it just needs to be a quality iron that can easily do up to 10 ga. wire. It's a hassle for me to get my soldering station out and into some places on the bike and also my cage when I need to do some wiring jobs. I would much rather have a cordless unit to do this with. Plus most fuel powered ones I've seen come with a shield for heat shrinking as well, which will be good for the heat shrink I always put on my solder jobs. I've bought a few in the past from places like Radio Shack and some of the home improvement stores but they were junk. So any advise here would be great. Thanks in advance R.F. |
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Title: Re: Cordless Soldering Iron Post by MMRanch on 04/13/13 at 21:45:06 I got fed-up with the electric ones long ago and started using the propane refillable type. They are everywhere , I got a two pack of them at a tool disposal sale years ago and still using on the first one. If it sits for a week between uses then it needs refilliing to work again but one of the refill cans last for years around my shop ( 15years and on my third can). I have started to get one of the more expensive ones from Lowes but haven't come-off the money yet ... the cheep ones work too good ! :D Pin-Torch about 1/2" dia. x 5" long :) |
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Title: Re: Cordless Soldering Iron Post by WD on 04/13/13 at 22:52:22 Ditto, cheap crap import from the dollar tool bin at the big box auto parts store. Same torch since 1996. If I need to do bigger, like 00 battery cables (have a 6v + ground truck) a regular Bernzomatic torch with a fine tip works satisfactorily. |
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Title: Re: Cordless Soldering Iron Post by rfw2003 on 04/14/13 at 10:01:32 Thanks for the info guys, I'll give em another shot then. I guess the one I got about 8 years ago was just a dud. R.F. |
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Title: Re: Cordless Soldering Iron Post by justin_o_guy2 on 04/15/13 at 07:58:22 LOwes, about $10.00, butane, refillable. Black, about cigar size. Takes a while for the tip to heat up & the "Thermal Shock" game wont play on a gas heated torch,but, youll stick the tip in the flux anyway. |
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Title: Re: Cordless Soldering Iron Post by rfw2003 on 04/15/13 at 09:38:00 56494F4855526353635B49450E3C0 wrote:
Thanks JOG will give that one a try. R.F. |
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Title: Re: Cordless Soldering Iron Post by justin_o_guy2 on 04/15/13 at 10:05:24 BUy something other than the cheapest butane. If you decide you need something with more bells & whistles you can always build up a collection of soldering tools. I have an old Weller solder gun,( its 36 years old)w/ pistol grip, 2 stage heat, a 30 watt solder pen, the Lowes butane jobbie And, recently I popped for $30.00 for a torch that has a flat bottom, a "Hold the flame On" button & the solder tip comes out so it can be used as a small heat gun on heat shrink, or just pull that whole assembly off & just have a fire pokin out. I use the LOwes tool w/o the soldering tip sometimes. Just get everything ready, lite it off & solder with the flame tip.,but keep the flux to a minimum, cuz it catches on Faaahhrr.. & of course the insulation suffers a bit,, just depends on the job & location how I go about it. |
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Title: Re: Cordless Soldering Iron Post by rfw2003 on 04/15/13 at 10:18:19 Most of my current soldering stuff is station based, which is a hassle to use on any type of vehicle when doing wiring jobs. I need to get a few more just Irons and maybe a gun as well. I just thought for now one of those butane type ones would fit the bill for awhile till I decide on which weller iron I wanted to get for use on vehicle wiring jobs. When it comes to the big cables like 8ga and up I normally use a small tip on my Oxy/Act setup to solder the connectors on, and for splicing I just use a copper splice to solder them together. R.F. |
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Title: Re: Cordless Soldering Iron Post by Serowbot on 04/15/13 at 10:18:26 I just use cheapie dollar store irons... ... and if you look at my solder joints... you can tell... ;D... I would invest in one of the butane jobbies,.. but, I can never fill them correctly.... I can't even fill a butane lighter right... I don't get it... you have all those little plastic fill-nozzle adapters, and I can't ever tell which one is right... PS... I have used a butane refill to freeze off a finger wart... so, it's not a total loss... :-?... If anyone can give me some tips on how to successfully fill butane... I'd appreciate it... Pics would help... I'm 'tane tarded... :-?... |
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Title: Re: Cordless Soldering Iron Post by justin_o_guy2 on 04/15/13 at 10:22:26 I fill the Lowes one w/o any tip on the can, just the metal end, poke it down on the filler & ( YOU may wanna wear a glove unless you have other warts in need of attention) let it fly. Do it outside, youll know when its full,, the little cloud of butane changes. Its okay to lose a little, the stuff fairly cheap & you can get a LOad of solder melted before ya hafta refill it. |
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Title: Re: Cordless Soldering Iron Post by rfw2003 on 04/15/13 at 10:25:04 697F68756D78756E1A0 wrote:
A good way to figure out which tip you need is to take the tip before your butane device is empty and hold the device upside down so that the fill port is facing up, and then press the tip down on to the fill port. If you get a pressure release then that's the tip you need, if you don't get a good pressure release or not release at all, then it's the wrong tip. When filling you should be able to hear it releasing the butane into the device. I makes kind of a hissing noise while it's filling. Once the noise stops the device is full. Also make sure your pressing it straight down onto the fill port. R.F. |
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Title: Re: Cordless Soldering Iron Post by justin_o_guy2 on 04/15/13 at 10:29:53 Would you just LOOK at what this guy said? How Dare you?? A good way to figure out which tip you need is to take the tip before your butane device is empty and hold the device upside down so that the fill port is facing up, and then press the tip down on to the fill port. If you get a pressure release then that's the tip you need, if you don't get a good pressure release or not release at all, then it's the wrong tip. before your butane device is empty BEFORE its Empty? Someone is sposed to look at something BEFORE it actually Must be done? Thats just Ridiculousness,, THats a danged good idea, Dont forget to mark the tip you need with a clue as to which device it fits. |
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Title: Re: Cordless Soldering Iron Post by rfw2003 on 04/15/13 at 10:34:28 253A3C3B2621102010283A367D4F0 wrote:
At one point I had so many different butane devices I had to learn the hard way. I love my little butane torch I had for the longest time till someone stole it. I twas one of those that was the size of the big aspirin bottles where the flame went to the side and it had self ignition on it. It was great for doing battery cable connections and stuff like that. I also had alot of those refillable butane lighters that were the jet flame type that were supposed to be better in wind then a zippo but they weren't. R.F. |
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Title: Re: Cordless Soldering Iron Post by justin_o_guy2 on 04/15/13 at 10:37:49 It was great for doing battery cable connections and stuff like that. Not anywhere Near a lead/acid battery I trust... Ive seen 2 explode, one was a long & heavy car battery, the other was in the 40. Unpleasant both times, but no one injured.Those batteries go off like a gun. |
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Title: Re: Cordless Soldering Iron Post by rfw2003 on 04/15/13 at 10:47:20 3C2325223F3809390931232F64560 wrote:
Absolutely not, I did the cables away from the batteries then let them cool before I put them on. I'm not that dense :P |
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Title: Re: Cordless Soldering Iron Post by Serowbot on 04/15/13 at 10:55:08 4F5B4A0F0D0D0E3D0 wrote:
JOG,... didn't... :-?... |
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