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 Dgnelson
 Location: Perth, WA
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I have a soldering iron with a 1 mm tip which isn't going to be nearly big enough. (Components for valve radios aren't what I normally have soldered.)

What tip would be recommended? Is 3 mm big enough? What about a screwdriver shaped tip?

I have a Hakko FX-888 soldering iron.

Thanks

Dan
 
 Return to top of page · Post #: 2 · Written at 2:28:47 PM on 24 April 2019.
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 GTC
 Location: Sydney, NSW
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3mm ought to be fine.

I have a range of tip shapes and sizes for my Goot soldering station, but a pointed tip is what I use most.

When it comes to soldering to big heat sinks like a chassis, I use my trusty old Scope, like this one:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/05/582.jpg
 
 Return to top of page · Post #: 3 · Written at 8:14:11 PM on 24 April 2019.
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 Dgnelson
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Your Scope looks like it's had a lot of use. Smile

Thanks for you comment.
 
 Return to top of page · Post #: 4 · Written at 10:14:02 PM on 24 April 2019.
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 GTC
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That's not mine -- just a similar photo on the web. My Scope is rattier looking than that one. I've had it since the late 1960s.
 
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