Soldering

Required Safety Equipment

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  Safety glasses

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  Use fume hood

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  Wash hands after use

Hazards

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  Danger of solder splatter.

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  The tip of the soldering iron is hot.

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  Fumes when soldering.

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  Fumes when soldering with leaded solder.

Operational Safety

• Do not use solder containing lead.
• Do not use the soldering station unless you know how to solder.
• Do not exceed 370 degrees Celsius on the soldering iron.
• Use the fume extractor
• Use safety glasses.
• Do not leave the soldering iron while it is turned on. It reheats quickly so don't be lazy!
• Keep your work area tidy.
• Turn of the soldering iron after use.
• Wash your hands after use.

Standard Operating Procedure

• Turn on the Weller fume extractor
• Place the fume extractor hood such that it can displace the soldering gasses.
• Ensure that soldering temperature is set to between 350 and 370 degrees Celsius. Higher temperature will result in more gasses and increased spray hazard.
• Use safety glasses!
• Solder your thing.
• Turn of the soldering iron when you are done.
• Turn of the fume extractor.
• Clean up after you.
• Wash your hands.

How to solder

We have courses in soldering at Sonen. If you are in immediate need of using the soldering iron, ask other people at Sonen or contact Sonen staff here.

Tips

Desoldering

At Sonen we have two ways of desoldering. Using a desoldering pump or using wick.

Not enough hands?

We are aware that most humans do not have three or more hands. Feel free to use our third hand tool.