7 Aug
2007
7 Aug
'07
9:39 p.m.
--- "Roy J. Tellason" <rtellason at verizon.net> wrote:
On Sunday 05 August 2007 00:23, Chris M wrote:
I bring this up for argument's sake. I had thought
they were plated with tin. Now...that may not make a
lot of sense (and according to Roy isn't even true),
but is coating something with tin (i.e soldering) and
plating a surface largely different in the durability
of the coating?
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Soldering iron tips are made of copper, so I
don't
see any reason why I
couldn't chisel one down for a specific task.
Any
thoughts? Am I courting
disaster?
They're made of copper, but they're also plated
with iron, and once that
plating is gone the copper doesn't last -- it gets
pitted, etc. On really
old stuff I used to file tips, but not any more...