After watching your video I grabbed my 60 year old Montgomery Ward 240/325 Watts soldering gun and worked over the tip. What a difference cleaning the tip properly makes. This old Ward's gun is now and incredible tool. I solder spliced two 10 gage solid copper wires together in about 15 seconds. This gun was dropped many years ago and big chunks of plastic are missing from the front and back. I formed some mild steel strips to bridge the big old hole and covered everything with Gorilla brand tape. I had a new gun all picked out on Amazon before watching your video. You saved me about $60. I really can't imagine a new one working any better than this old beat up gun.

Good video. I am glad you went over the difference between the larger gun vs the smaller gun and their connections.

I have four Weller soldering guns, of various ages, and all of them have different ways of attaching the tips. Ive always had problems with the tips making contact with the gun. In fact, many years ago, I worked at a car stereo/alarm shop and we ALL had that problem with our Weller guns. I can tighten the tip, solder a few connections, let the gun cool down for 10 minutes and have to loosen/tighten the tip again to make it work properly. I called Weller and spoke with an older gentleman, who had been there a long time. He told me that there’s no way around it. He said that they have been trying to solve that problem for many years. I told him that I would work on it. He told me that if I could solve the problem, to please let them know. I have tried plating the copper, high temp silicone grease, graphite, molybdenum disulfide and a few other things. I haven’t had much luck. The plating worked best, but I couldn’t get a thick enough layer with the process I was using. I may try a chrome plating shop in the future, but it’s going to be an expensive experiment. (I’ve already tried tungsten, nickel, tin and gold.) If you have the secret, please let me know! Thanks!

Get ahold of some solid copper wire and youll have tips forever dont waste your money on prefab tips also some 220 grit sandpaper cleans copper good

I Use A Weller Iron With Inter Changeable Heating Elements. I Never Had Any Trouble With The New Soldering Guns With The Screw Mount Tips. Cause Everytime I Buy Tips I Put The Spare Screws Away Untill I Need Them. As Far As The Nut Mount Tips I Never Have Any Trouble With Those Either. To Realy Clean A Soldering Tip I Use A Rotary Tool With A Wire Brush Wheel To Clean The Tip.

I keep the tip clean with Sal- Amoniac And wire brush the shank. As for the contact points jus loosen the nut and retighten it but do not over-tighten.

Just read and watched your video on Weller Gun not heating up perfect many thanks.

hey thanks a million!!! i have that brush and will give it a shot. sorry for the late replay. appreciate the help.

Hey. Does the fact of my soldering iron not having its light make it burn the tips out Fast? The bulb burend out and Im unsure if thats the deal or not. I only use the weller tips for it. and they burn apart as soon as its hot enough for the solder to swet.

Thanks for the tip! (see what I did there?) My grandfather's 8200 N came back to life after I cleaned up the tip feet.

my tips keep breaking right under the tip, same place every time. I had done about 40 connections with 10 gauge wire to 5mm bullets for ec5 connectors. Do they wear out that quick or am i doing something wrong?

I was looking for guidance on how you install the new tip in the old gun with the nuts on it. I have broken the first one off trying to bend the legs after sliding the nuts on, and it's now too short. I would think the slide in idea of the new one is a better idea, but it should be based on a compression fit using the old style nuts. Oh well.

I have one and sometimes the solder will just refuse to completely melt.

Brass or stainless steel toothbrushs ,the sell at the dollar store or a dremel wire brush and all of your ideas too.

great tip thank you

wow tips have changed alot since this video. The new ones dont look nearly that solid. and heck i barely get 40 joints out of the new tips before my tip breaks

I no this a older video ,they have this stuff that's new to me I been using for a couple of years ,it's a very small tin of this stuff ,call tip cleaner and tinned ,just roll your tip around in this stuff it's a very hard compound ,then wipe your tip off ,and in about five seconds or less your tip will be perfectly tinned and cleaned,ebay has it ,called tip cleaner and tinned ,in a very smal! Tin

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I am trying for months to find those solid copper tips you have in many worldwide market places, but I only found the new silvery tips. They are expensive, and their lifetime is just a few hours. I remember those solid copper tips I had years ago, lasting for many months. Do you know where I can buy some of those traditional full copper tips ?

Would you be able to use a piece of wire hanger as a soldering gun tip?

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Why are your tips bare copper? Mine are plated with tin or something. Bare copper will dissolve in solder?

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