sydneywellman
Plastic
- Joined
- Aug 15, 2013
- Location
- Toronto, Canada
I work in a physical chemistry lab and we have this piece called an octapole (see picture ) and I broke where some of the little rods connect to these two plates. We believe we can re-solder the connections however some of them can't be accessed by our size soldering iron (Weller TC201T) since the diameter of the soldering rod is too big and would melt the plastic.
Essentially it's 8 little round poles arranged in a circle going through the center of two plates. Some of the poles are attached to the first plate and some to the second and the distance between the first and second plate is about 7mm. I've found I can get a tip end through this 7mm space however because the plates have a radius of about 1.5cm, before the tip even reaches the center the thicker part of the solder rod touches the plastic covering the plates keeping the tip from reaching the pole and also would melt the plastic.
Does any one know of any soldering irons which are more pencil-sized all the way along the rod which might work for us? I search "mini" however just about every rod is considered "mini" but not in the way I'm looking for!
Any referrals to a soldering iron product which you think could fit these specs would be much appreciated!
Essentially it's 8 little round poles arranged in a circle going through the center of two plates. Some of the poles are attached to the first plate and some to the second and the distance between the first and second plate is about 7mm. I've found I can get a tip end through this 7mm space however because the plates have a radius of about 1.5cm, before the tip even reaches the center the thicker part of the solder rod touches the plastic covering the plates keeping the tip from reaching the pole and also would melt the plastic.
Does any one know of any soldering irons which are more pencil-sized all the way along the rod which might work for us? I search "mini" however just about every rod is considered "mini" but not in the way I'm looking for!
Any referrals to a soldering iron product which you think could fit these specs would be much appreciated!