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That's a terrible solder joint at 0:37. There's no mechanical connection, you can't hold the wire still enough by hand, and the solder will fracture as it solidifies. Never reheat solder without adding a bit more solder and flux. Don't heat the joint too long after you stop feeding solder.
At 4:15, the instruction manual says "use a good quality soldering iron" but neither the manual nor the video mentions the importance of tip size, shape, and material; nor does it warn of the prevalence of cheapo, junky tips made of steel being sold on the internet (They should be made of copper for fast, efficient heat transfer, but not bare copper which tends to pit and corrode from the effects of molten solder and flux; high quality copper tips are typically plated with chrome or similar metal that resists solder, except at the pointy of end of the tip, which needs to be plated with iron; iron allows solder to wet to it but will resist the dissolving and corrosive effects of solder. Tips should not be highly magnetic throughout, only at the iron-plated end of the tip. If you buy tips from ebay, amazon, aliexpress or temu, theyll almost certainly be junky tips made of garbage metal. For that matter, pointy conical tips are apparently the defacto standard for tip type included with a new soldering station, even though "chisel" tips are often a better match to the work being done; you'll have to buy them separately).
@@goodun2974 soldering, brazing and welding are like one big family of sticking things together with added/filler material, but they all have different purpose and function. since mainly they have the same goal, once you learned soldering, you get the gist of how to do brazing, and once you learned brazing, then welding.
@@MichaelHarto , I haven't braised or welded anything since high school metal shop (we had TIG and MIG welding equipment in the shop), but I'm familiar with and understand the process! I've also been "sweating" (soldering) copper water pipe since I was a teenager......
@@MichaelHarto , the one thing that soldering, welding, and brazing etc have most in common is that oxidation and oxygen intrusion are the enemy! Cleaning the metals first, and use of appropriate flux (or inert gas), are the key.
Thank God someone who pronounces Soldering correctly Gave up on American soldering advice videos It was Soder Soder Why. Added you my favourites Love the videos Thought in knew how to Solder picked up a few tips.
Completely useless because it does not address the definitions for each position! Like why would I want to set offset?? Why would I want t o lock?? And other issues. Customers er service does not respond. I'm thinking of returning unit...it's garbage support!
Offset is used because it's almost impossible for every size tip to have exact readout of exact temp at the top. I.e. very large tip vs very small. Its design is nice because the thermocouple it reads in inside the tip body but may not be exact for the very end of the tip. Hakko thermocouple is in the emelent further up which makes it even worse. So you use a thermocouple on the tip and set the offset to match actual tip temp. What's nice is most stations don't offer this. For the most part you don't NEED to use it but nice to know you can when working on critical things if needed Lock is because this model is aimed at the education market and the teacher can lock the proper temp on them so the students can't turn too high or too low causing damage to tips or bad solder joints
we know how to press buttons and read words! How about telling us what each setting means? Like standby? What is that for? Why would I want to lock it? etc etc.....you know what I'm saying...where can I get these definitions from? I called support multiple times but no return call. The quick start guide was missing from box also.
We're pleased to hear that you are happy with the WXSmart! For downloads, have a look here: www.weller-tools.com/us/en/industrial-soldering/media-center
Most likely it is rosin or flux from the solder which prevents it from oxidizing. It is generally pretty easy to clean off with some isopropyl alcohol.
Retired Navy Electronics Tech Chief Petty Officer and former Micro-Miniature (2M) Repair Tech here. PRO TIP: If you get ANY of that 'activator', aka *paste flux,* on your hands or fingers, before you do anything else, *WASH YOUR HANDS. THOROUGHLY.* (Projectile diarrhea is nature's way of telling you that you shouldn't ingest this. Don't ask me how I know...)
Just so happens that the Soldering Tip Activator actually shortens the life of the tip. Reason being is the Activator has Ammonia in it and will eat away the soldering tip. I know this from many years of soldering. If you want new tips sooner then use it.
Hello! I have a WXA2 station with a lot of accessories. 120W heating plate, RT Ultra 150W soldering iron, hot air iron, micro soldering iron. 1. Question: The above accessories are suitable for new WX Smart Soldering Station? I understand that, can I use the peripheral things for that too? 2nd question For my WXA2 hot air station, can I practically connect the new "WX Air" unit? Will it work at all? Thank you very much and I will continue to follow the channel! :-) Best regards, Daniel
Ich hatte Probleme mit der Erkennung des USB Sticks. Ich habe verschiedene Sticks durchprobiert, bis einer ging. Ich denke, dass der Stick in FAT32 und nicht in exFAT formatiert sein muss. Eventuell den Hinweis bitte in die readme hinzufügen :)
hello, thanks for your request. please can you go in contact with our technical service via Technical-Service@Weller-Tools.com. the team will help you. thx
I tried with all USB flash I have, 128MB, 4GB 16GB and FAT16, FAT32 with default clustering size without success!!!. Update: After formatting the USB stick FAT32 with default allocation size, I had to unplug / plug it again and put the firmware in root, SUCCESS
one day, my Weller WX 2 stopped seeing soldering irons for no reason... it turns on, the firmware number does not display correctly, it displays 000 on both channels and that's it. The support service has not responded to any of my requests. Now I don't know what to do with it. I highly recommend not purchasing this station.
@WellerSoldering, I tried to update the firmware on my brand new WX1 with a FAT32, 32G USB drive and now I have a blank screen, unit is dead. Do you have a recovery procedure for such a cases?.
