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mendip_discovery:
Myths are what forums are about. The more outlandish the better.

coppercone2:
its kind of a concern for high reliability you don't want iron plating to get in your solder joints, but also that means don't use a 30 year old tip if your soldering a sat

this info will be very useful if we become poor people in deep space one day, like starcraft terrans that use their great great great grandfathers soldering iron to touch up the FTL drive while saving enough money for canned beans. son you scratch that sodder eye-ron one more time and ima be madder then a puffed toad.


when $25 is capital equipment money.

tooki:

--- Quote from: JustMeHere on February 25, 2024, 10:09:47 am ---
--- Quote from: tooki on February 24, 2024, 07:19:27 pm ---However, I don’t like using a holder made of anything but rubber or plastic, so that inadvertent contact with the container won’t cause tip damage.

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Way too many myths about "tip damage" on this board.  The ceramic would crack before you could hit it hard enough to damage a tip.

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1. There are many materials besides ceramic that are not rubber or plastic,
2. Not all ceramics are fragile.
3. Tips are much more fragile when they’re hot.

coppercone2:
this is actually a realistic thing you might hear at work if you try to personalize your work area.

that frogs not regulation!!!

 i wonder how long it would last at the tesla car company

EPAIII:
Yes, I must agree. Brass brushes are used to clean gun and rifle barrels. Doesn't hurt them. Modern soldering iron tips are steel coated so should be a similar situation.

Just be sure your brass wool is actually brass and not brass coated steel. Test with a magnet.




--- Quote from: JustMeHere on February 25, 2024, 07:45:48 am ---
--- Quote from: selcuk on February 24, 2024, 08:20:17 pm ---JBC salesman told me that the tip cleaner coming with the station had 3 types of cleaning mechanism. But brass wool could scratch the coating of the tip, wet sponge could give a thermal shock to the heating element. So he unofficially recommended to use only the edge of the silicon base for regular cleaning.

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Never had a problem with the brass damaging a tip.  It's a very soft metal.  This is why it is used to clean gun barrels.  It won't damage them. 

In fact, I abuse the hell out of my tips.  Clean up is just a dip in some flux gel and a few dabs in the brass.  Tip clean and shiny.

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