• Adair21@lemmy.worldOPM
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    1 year ago

    The Pinecil is a good station, but you should also look for a larger bevel tip to use with it.

    I’m using a flux syringe for easier application. And solder does have a flux core but that quickly burns away and is only useful if you’re feeding solder directly into the joint. I place extra flux on the wire and pad and then load my tip up with solder

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      1 year ago

      The Pinecil is a good station

      And it has its own RISC-V MCU and runs opensource IronOS which really tickles my geek bone … ;-)

      but you should also look for a larger bevel tip to use with it.

      I was planning on getting the whole set of “normal fine” tips; perhaps I should get the “normal gross set” instead? Or both? Or either/both of the gross or/and fine “short” sets?

      Now I’m confused… 🙃

      I’m using a flux syringe for easier application. And solder does have a flux core but that quickly burns away and is only useful if you’re feeding solder directly into the joint. I place extra flux on the wire and pad and then load my tip up with solder

      Thanks for the pro advice! Will be sure to get one of these too!

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        1 year ago

        The fine one is better in my opinion