[Elecraft] solder iron correct temp in C for K3

[Randy Farmer]

It won't work for SMD stuff, but over the years I've had great success 
using a classic Ungar 27W cartridge (which I seem to remember was around 
850°F) with a screw-ON 1/8" screwdriver tip for just about everything 
but the heaviest jobs. This includes lots of building stuff with 
standard through-hole DIP components. I never overcooked anything. The 
beauty of a big hot iron is it lets you get in, heat the work and get 
off quickly. Low wattage irons just cook the components and the board. 
Nowadays, like everybody else, I use a very small iron that produces a 
750°F tip temperature for the small parts and dense connector pins, but 
I still use the old one for most everything else. It's the curse of the 
OFs: our eyesight continually gets worse as the parts continually get 
smaller.

73...
Randy, W8FN

On 04/26/2012 18:26, W9HAK wrote:
> I have a new solder iron that is temperature
> controlled in degrees C.
> What temp should I set the iron for work on  the
> K3? I am using 60/40
> rosin core, small diameter solder. While using
> solder wick to clean out
> the holes from the 12 dc mod kit I used 300c and
> dipped the wick in
> solder flux. I pulled the solder wick across the
> land when the solder
> was liquid, it cleaned the holes on the first pass.
>
> Smith Bradford