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Re: The How-To Geek Guide to Making Your Own Custom Ethernet Cables
04/26/11 04:22 AM
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> Keeping the *solder tip clean is the key to not having a hard time soldering, I have
> a hard time with it myself, even with a wet sponge and wrapping solder wire around it
> before starting. I always keep a file to clean it, but that wears it down.
Never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, EVER take a file to a tip if you want it to last. The minute the iron plate on the tip is broken down it will start pitting. Unless of course you are using a straight copper tip, then filing is OK...but in this instance you are using a crap tip anyway...
//sorry to get all jopesque CD nazi.
///proper tip for proper solder...
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