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Grogster Admin Group  Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9749 |
Hi.  I treated myself to a new soldering iron station from Jaycar: GOOT SOLDERING STATION The iron comes with a conical tip, but I hate them with a vengence.  To be fair, conical is fine for soldering through-hole stuff, but they tend to be bloody useless for SMD work, as the solder runs around to the other side of the tip, so when you go to apply it to the SMD, the solder is on the top of the tip, not the bottom where you want it. This is why I much prefer a chisel-tip or flat-blade tip for most of my soldering. However, Jaycar don't sell a single chisel-tip for this iron, only different conical ones. This was a surprise, as I figured they would stock at least ONE chisel-tip, but no! In the instructions for the Goot, it shows you a list of TWENTY NINE different tips you can get for this station, so that is good news.  However, Jaycar don't sell them as I said, and even element14 don't stock any Goot stuff.  Does anyone have a contact for a local supplier of goot iron tips? Australia or New Zealand preferred, but will go anywhere. Must be genuine Goot. Thanks. EDIT: Might have answered my own question..... NZ Goot Supplier EDIT: I have.....  Chisel-tip for this iron NZ$13.45 each, so I got a couple.Glenn - You can probably delete this thread then.....  Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| Andrew_G Guru  Joined: 18/10/2016 Location: AustraliaPosts: 872 |
Hi Grogs, I have a far less sophisticated station but they do have different conical tips. I bought a second of the smallest I could and flattened it using a small hammer on a steel weight. Touched it up with a fine file - perfect (enough) even under the microscope. Andrew |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9749 |
Ouch! I could not do that to a Goot brand tip, even a conical!  Interesting approach though. There is also the bench grinder - make your own chisel-tip shape then tin to protect. I seem to recall doing that in the past, but that destroys the protection on the end of the tip, and it began to dissolve away into nothing!  Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| Boppa Guru Joined: 08/11/2016 Location: AustraliaPosts: 816 |
Yeah, hammering or filing a modern tip will quite quickly end up with a `hollowpoint', they are all plated to stop tip erosion I am still dubious about that `golden steel wool' that they say can be used instead of a sponge, I tried it a few years back when I was working as a bench tech and I wasnt impressed, I found my tips only lasting a month or two, instead of the six or more I usually got using a wet sponge (I think it still scratches the plating allowing the tip to degrade) I personally still use the wet sponge even now |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9749 |
I use both. I personally favour the gold steel wool stuff, as it does not thermally shock the iron tip as much as a damp sponge can do - or so I have read. My last iron was a Jaycar/Digitech TS-1390, and the tips on that lasted years and years, and that was using gold wool to wipe the tip. It would depend on the quality of the iron and/or tip I expect. Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| Boppa Guru Joined: 08/11/2016 Location: AustraliaPosts: 816 |
I had pretty good irons, but when you are soldering up to 20000 joints a day, they tend not to last that long ;-) (this was back in my days as a bench tech doing pcb assembly work, had 2 guys assembling the pcb/populating it, then I soldered it then another guy tested them on a jig) possibly one of the worlds most boring jobs after a few weeks/months/years (I was there for 6 years- how many solder joints that ended up being is scary big number)  |
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| Alastair Senior Member  Joined: 03/04/2017 Location: AustraliaPosts: 161 |
Boppa, I hope you had a fan to blow away the lead fumes. Cheers, Alastair |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9749 |
@ Boppa - wow.... No thanks....  Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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