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Re: [Shop-talk] soldering iron

To: Rich White <rlwhitetr3b@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] soldering iron
From: Douglas Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 09:47:46 -0400
One more tip on choosing a soldering iron:  Some really cheap ones
have a plain copper tip.  The melted solder will slowly dissolve the
copper, forcing you to regularly file the tip back to a useful shape.
Any "real" soldering iron will have an iron-plated tip that melted
solder will not erode.  The only downside (a very minor one) is that
you have to keep the tip properly tinned to protect the iron.

Doug
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