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With free gift, free shipping over $30
After "HAKKO20" coupon
FX-888DX Soldering Station https://hakkousa.com/fx-888dx.html $97.18
https://hakkousa.com/chp-170-micro-cutter.html​ [hakkousa.com] $4.38 ($5.45 ON FRONT PAGE RIGHT NOW)
https://hakkousa.com/small-palm-coated-esd-safe-gloves.html​ [hakkousa.com] - $0.74
https://hakkousa.com/chp-170-d-micro-cutter-with-dissipative-handles.html​ [hakkousa.com] $7.02
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After "HAKKO20" coupon
FX-888DX Soldering Station https://hakkousa.com/fx-888dx.html $97.18
https://hakkousa.com/chp-170-micro-cutter.html​ [hakkousa.com] $4.38 ($5.45 ON FRONT PAGE RIGHT NOW)
https://hakkousa.com/small-palm-coated-esd-safe-gloves.html​ [hakkousa.com] - $0.74
https://hakkousa.com/chp-170-d-micro-cutter-with-dissipative-handles.html​ [hakkousa.com] $7.02
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1) most pots have a coating on them to prevent corrosion that will hinder the solder from sticking (and will also prevent the ground from working if you do get the wire to stick because the coating is an insulator). That coating needs to be removed where you want to solder the wire to, a coarse grit sand paper will work (like 100/200 grit) or in my case I use a dremel with a sanding tip on it, only takes a few seconds that way.
2) use a good solder with flux core, so you shouldn't need to flux the wire end or the pot, although you can if you want, it might even help. I don't do that so I dunno. I see most folks recommend silver solder, but I use a tried and true Kester 44 tin/lead solder that is amazing (this is the tube I am into right now: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AVLM4SO), it has lead though so just don't eat any
3) make sure you start with a completely clean soldering iron tip, use the copper desoldering wick to clean it, but if it isn't clean after that then low heat it and use some medium-fine grint sand paper to clean the tip.
4) as mentioned above, tin both the wire end and the pot where you want to solder the wire too, only use a little solder, just enough to coat, no blobs. Then you can heat the pot on the edge of the patch you tinned, touch the wire to the pot near where your soldering tip is right in the center of the tinned patch, and it should stick perfectly.
1) most pots have a coating on them to prevent corrosion that will hinder the solder from sticking (and will also prevent the ground from working if you do get the wire to stick because the coating is an insulator). That coating needs to be removed where you want to solder the wire to, a coarse grit sand paper will work (like 100/200 grit) or in my case I use a dremel with a sanding tip on it, only takes a few seconds that way.
2) use a good solder with flux core, so you shouldn't need to flux the wire end or the pot, although you can if you want, it might even help. I don't do that so I dunno. I see most folks recommend silver solder, but I use a tried and true Kester 44 tin/lead solder that is amazing (this is the tube I am into right now: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AVLM4SO), it has lead though so just don't eat any
3) make sure you start with a completely clean soldering iron tip, use the copper desoldering wick to clean it, but if it isn't clean after that then low heat it and use some medium-fine grint sand paper to clean the tip.
4) as mentioned above, tin both the wire end and the pot where you want to solder the wire too, only use a little solder, just enough to coat, no blobs. Then you can heat the pot on the edge of the patch you tinned, touch the wire to the pot near where your soldering tip is right in the center of the tinned patch, and it should stick perfectly.
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