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Electronics => Beginners => Topic started by: u666sa on September 13, 2023, 09:08:36 am

Title: Flow type tips?
Post by: u666sa on September 13, 2023, 09:08:36 am

(https://i.imgur.com/nsg7COQ.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/zxXDOyz.png)

Plz disregard the size. They make these micro, small, and large. They are called flow type tips.

How would one use this?

Right now I find useful blade type, conical, chisel, bevel and j hook.

I tried to picturing me using one of this, and I really have no clue.  :-//

Title: Re: Flow type tips?
Post by: wraper on September 13, 2023, 09:20:41 am

They are used exclusively for drag soldering. Apply some solder and drag over multiple IC pins.

Title: Re: Flow type tips?
Post by: liaifat85 on September 13, 2023, 02:18:26 pm

This is the first time I have seen this type of tip. Thanks to Wraper for the clarification.

Title: Re: Flow type tips?
Post by: wraper on September 13, 2023, 03:17:07 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJescBRDyMQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJescBRDyMQ)

Title: Re: Flow type tips?
Post by: tooki on September 14, 2023, 05:25:23 am

FWIW I actually find them to be useful beyond just drag soldering, because the little cup likes to pull off excess solder. This makes them surprisingly useful for various soldering tasks.