[Boatanchors] Weller Iron Frustrations

[Richard Knoppow]

     In an emergency I've just twisted the end of the tip 
together.  It works well enough to finish a job.  Tip wear 
seems to vary with the solder.
     Radio Shack has small tubes of anti-seize for screw-in 
small iron tips. I've never tried it on Weller nuts but it 
might work if you have problems with them galling.
     You can also clean the contact area of both tip and 
clamp with a little file or crocus cloth.  I think once you 
get a good contact it has less chance of oxidizing.


--
Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles
WB6KBL
dickburk at ix.netcom.com


> Hi,
>
> I have been living a blessed life with my Weller soldering 
> gun. It has the nuts on the barrels. A long time ago I 
> burned out a tip and wasn't finished working. No hardware 
> stores available (middle of the night). I made a new tip 
> from a scrap 12 gage Romex and have been using those ever 
> since (never found the time to actually go to the store to 
> buy a "real" one. I do have to reset the nuts but only 
> about once every three or four days of use. Since I don't 
> use it *every* day that may be a week of two. Parts are 
> smaller these days and the Weller iron gets more use than 
> the gun.
>
> 73,
>
> Bill  KU8H
>