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Non-SS Recommendation

Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 12:41 pm
by db5
I have a Weller 8000N soldering gun with copper tips and need replacements. The stuff available seems to be crap. I know some people use Romex copper wire. Your thoughts?

Re: Non-SS Recommendation

Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 1:55 pm
by chapmanruss
My Weller Soldering Gun is the Model 7200 and the tips insert differently, screw clamping as opposed to the hex nuts many of them use. I did a search (weller soldering gun tips) and found some available. Some were pretty cheap looking not having the heavy point. Those looked like they were made out of copper wire. I also found a couple of you-tube videos about making your own out of copper wire. Probably the same videos you found. I know I would prefer to have the standard soldering gun tips with the heavy end like the ones in the picture below. It may take some looking around to find the right ones for your Soldering Gun.

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Re: Non-SS Recommendation

Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 2:20 pm
by Hobbyman2
I located these on ebay you could also try Amazon https://www.ebay.com/itm/275377527498?e ... BMzInW881g

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JMO ,,, romex may be a little too soft and bend on ya when it heats up , try it and see ?

Re: Non-SS Recommendation

Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 5:22 pm
by jsburger
A Lot on Amazon. Both straight attaching end and angled attaching end with hex nuts.

Re: Non-SS Recommendation

Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2022 11:00 am
by db5
Thank you all. Or as they said when I lived in Texas, "all y'all".

Re: Non-SS Recommendation

Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2022 11:15 am
by garys
A friend in Oklahoma once told me that "y'all" is the singular and "all y'all" is the plural of the pronoun.

Re: Non-SS Recommendation

Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2022 2:38 pm
by JPG
Any one care to explain "youse"?

Re: Non-SS Recommendation

Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2022 2:43 pm
by edma194
The use of "y'all" for a single person is debated, except for an equivalent ambiguous usage of "you". After all, it's short for "you all", which is something said to multiple people.
"youse" is basically the same, generally applied to multiple people, but sometimes it's used for individuals.

Re: Non-SS Recommendation

Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2022 9:39 pm
by BuckeyeDennis
When growing up in Tennessee, “y’all” was consistently and unequivocally used as second-person plural. But despite once having neighbors who used the term, I never did quite figure out “you’ins”.

Re: Non-SS Recommendation

Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2022 2:08 am
by JPG
There are we'uns and you'uns.

Sorta like us vs youse.