• Adair21@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      The Pinecil is a good station, but you should also look for a larger bevel tip to use with it.

      I’m using a flux syringe for easier application. And solder does have a flux core but that quickly burns away and is only useful if you’re feeding solder directly into the joint. I place extra flux on the wire and pad and then load my tip up with solder

      • dmenezes@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        The Pinecil is a good station

        And it has its own RISC-V MCU and runs opensource IronOS which really tickles my geek bone … ;-)

        but you should also look for a larger bevel tip to use with it.

        I was planning on getting the whole set of “normal fine” tips; perhaps I should get the “normal gross set” instead? Or both? Or either/both of the gross or/and fine “short” sets?

        Now I’m confused… 🙃

        I’m using a flux syringe for easier application. And solder does have a flux core but that quickly burns away and is only useful if you’re feeding solder directly into the joint. I place extra flux on the wire and pad and then load my tip up with solder

        Thanks for the pro advice! Will be sure to get one of these too!