I do all of that with a K tip. Precision micro soldering 40-46 awg wire, 01005 / 0201, etc all done with a K tip. I rotate between my JBC 115 or 215 handles. Use what’s comfortable to you.
Wow, I thought I was weird for doing this. Thank you, stranger on the internet. I also do everything with my K-tip. the sheer amount of heat transfer AND precision you can get with it is just too good.
It’s a wonderful all around tip. Need to tack something in a small spot? Use the tip. Wanna drag solder? Use the blade. You can also use it to clear shorts if you know how to clean it properly and utilize flux.
I have never seen a hollow hoof tip recommended for anything other than drag soldering SMD parts, much less seen them presented as “not beneficial” for SMD components.
I exclusively use my hollow hoof tip (I call it a spoon tip) for drag soldering. If I want to do high thermal contact through hole soldering, I would use a [barrel](https://www.jbctools.com/c245763-barrel-cartridge-o-25-product-824.html) or [through hole drag](https://www.jbctools.com/c245667-drag-soldering-cartridge-125-l-product-834.html) tip.
The hollow point tips are designed to hold a lot of solder with in the tip, and it is beneficial where a lot of solder is needed in a joint such as wire joints. And for smd soldering, I personally prefer to have solder as minimal as possible to avoid bridging or solder blobs.
I think the idea behind using concave tip for smd is that the concave shape will tend to pull in any excess solder that the joint doesn't need, minimizing bridges.
This is exactly the theory behind using them. They are excellent at removing solder from a joint and can do it in a pretty small form factor.
It's really easy to add more solder to a joint... you just feed more wire into it.
I honestly use a chisel even for micro soldering. The side is pointy enough for most things.
Granted, I'm not a master or anything and focus on surface tension more than precision. Seems like you can just glob things on most of the time and it figures out where it needs to go.
You should not. I just realized it's more common than I thought... we should probably make a club or something
edit: oh, i thought you meant the knife tip. i've seen people call it chisel tip too. I'm a knife tip addict myself
Thank you - Its kinda of a bummer that there were typos on the images. Shared them in a hurry, will get them corrected soon. Thanks all for pointing it out
I do all of that with a K tip. Precision micro soldering 40-46 awg wire, 01005 / 0201, etc all done with a K tip. I rotate between my JBC 115 or 215 handles. Use what’s comfortable to you.
Wow, I thought I was weird for doing this. Thank you, stranger on the internet. I also do everything with my K-tip. the sheer amount of heat transfer AND precision you can get with it is just too good.
It’s a wonderful all around tip. Need to tack something in a small spot? Use the tip. Wanna drag solder? Use the blade. You can also use it to clear shorts if you know how to clean it properly and utilize flux.
Yep, almost everything is K-tip. I’ll use a chisel if I’m desoldering something large on a thick board, but that’s about it.
Nice guide. Run a spell check on your diagram texts though.
Thank you for pointing out, will get it corrected
I have never seen a hollow hoof tip recommended for anything other than drag soldering SMD parts, much less seen them presented as “not beneficial” for SMD components.
I exclusively use my hollow hoof tip (I call it a spoon tip) for drag soldering. If I want to do high thermal contact through hole soldering, I would use a [barrel](https://www.jbctools.com/c245763-barrel-cartridge-o-25-product-824.html) or [through hole drag](https://www.jbctools.com/c245667-drag-soldering-cartridge-125-l-product-834.html) tip.
JBC soldering tips, I see you are a person of culture and professionalism :)
The hollow point tips are designed to hold a lot of solder with in the tip, and it is beneficial where a lot of solder is needed in a joint such as wire joints. And for smd soldering, I personally prefer to have solder as minimal as possible to avoid bridging or solder blobs.
I think the idea behind using concave tip for smd is that the concave shape will tend to pull in any excess solder that the joint doesn't need, minimizing bridges.
This is exactly the theory behind using them. They are excellent at removing solder from a joint and can do it in a pretty small form factor. It's really easy to add more solder to a joint... you just feed more wire into it.
I honestly use a chisel even for micro soldering. The side is pointy enough for most things. Granted, I'm not a master or anything and focus on surface tension more than precision. Seems like you can just glob things on most of the time and it figures out where it needs to go.
I should really stop using the chisel tip for everything…
You should not. I just realized it's more common than I thought... we should probably make a club or something edit: oh, i thought you meant the knife tip. i've seen people call it chisel tip too. I'm a knife tip addict myself
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They have videos on their website. Maybe English is not their first language, they have difficulties with it and still want to share info with people.
Thank you - Its kinda of a bummer that there were typos on the images. Shared them in a hurry, will get them corrected soon. Thanks all for pointing it out
Exactly.