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A guy on here told me my soldering iron tip was too small and I was making things 10x harder
About 6 months ago I was struggling with some SMD work and someone in a comment section basically roasted me for using a 1mm chisel tip on 0402 resistors. Switched to a 0.4mm bevel tip and suddenly I wasnt chasing components across the board. Anyone else not realize how much tip size matters until someone called you out?
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sanchez.julia2d ago
Kelly's exactly right. Tip size is half the battle but people also sleep on tip shape. A chisel tip works great for big through-hole joints but try doing drag soldering on a fine-pitch QFP with one and you'll just bridge every pin. A nice conical or bevel tip lets you get right in there without touching neighboring pins. Also makes rework way easier when you're trying to heat just one leg of a component.
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