You have some fine pitch soldering to do, but all you have on hand is a big soldering iron. What do you do? There are a few possible answers, but [Mr SolderFix] likes to pull a strand from a large ...

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Typical soldering tips have a copper core, plated with iron. The copper allows heat transfer, and the iron plating provides durability. Soldering is a joining process involving a filler metal that is ...

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Most, if not all, engineers know how to handle a soldering iron. But there are a few folks in the industry who want to know more about those wisps of smoke they sometimes see rising from our ...