Looking to buy Weller Soldering Station ASAP

[Not_A_Llama]

Soldering connectors onto comm cables isn't as easy to me as soldering copper plumbing pipes with a blow torch.

Clean and heavily tin all your connections beforehand. Tape the connector to your work surface and keep hands free to manipulate the wire and the iron. Should go fast.

[Irving]

I've thought about a helping hands set up as well. If they sell them at HD, hopefully they aren't too expensive.

[jerrymrc]

I had a great one back at my old work. It would have been easy to set ya up. Glad you have it taken care of.

[SideShow Bob]

I still need to improve my soldering skills

Remember when soldering, ?Bigger the glob, better the job...?

[Irving]

Remember when soldering, ?Bigger the glob, better the job...?

From the bedroom to the bathroom, that statement about soldering holds true.

[brutal]

Week long soldering class in the Army and I have to see this.

SMH

[Grant H.]

Remember when soldering, ?Bigger the glob, better the job...?

While I fully expect Bob is joking, and you probably already know this, this isn't true...

Depending on what type of comm cables you are soldering, if you want some tips, let me know. I build hundreds (probably thousands) of RF and Data cables a year and would be happy to share what I know. (Aerospace, .MIL spec, and medical soldering certified)

The 1010NA is a fine soldering iron, I have one of them, a WESD51, and I still have my older pure analog Wellers. (I have Metcal's, Hako's, and others that I have collected over the years, but I still use the 1010NA or the WESD51 the most).

If something falls through, you're more than welcome to borrow my Wellers while you're working on this.

[Grant H.]

Week long soldering class in the Army and I have to see this.

SMH

Yep...

I saw folks go through the same soldering cert classes and tests that I did and they still believed in that phrase...

When you're reworking 0402 or 0201 components it has to be done right... (And for the 0201's you get to check your work in the microscope...)

[brutal]

Yep...

I saw folks go through the same soldering cert classes and tests that I did and they still believed in that phrase...

When you're reworking 0402 or 0201 components it has to be done right... (And for the 0201's you get to check your work in the microscope...)

I don't have the gear to solder anything that small. Don't even have a hot air station.

I replaced a USB port once on a tablet once and had all I could do to get that right with my crappy eyes and a tip not small enough. I just stick to discrete components in my stereo repairs and misc around the house stuff.