But to get to the top you start at the bottom right?
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I want to be more consistent with my welds, also Iām working on the series connection wires. I find it hard to tin these. I always end up with stiff wires from all of the solder thatās been pulled in. Limiting how much of the wire is stripped seems to help a lot.
crank your iron up as hot as it will go for tinning, try to do it as fast as possible with lots of solder at once (thicker dia. solder is good for this) and stop feeding solder into the wire as soon as itās tinned enough. it also helps to do it with the wire tip pointing down so gravity doesnāt pull solder in.
if you keep getting stiff wires, you can always shape them as they cool with pliers or gloves into the shape your pack needs but that could look pretty bad.
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Theyāre all just posers 
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iām not quite sure advising him to tin wires at his irons hottest temperature to PREVENT stiff wires is the best advice here.
this video might help:
I personally donāt add solder while melting joints together, but regardless I would recommend soldering at 360c and using a 3mm bevel tip. practice tinning your wire, ensuring to soak just enough solder into the exposed area of the wire, then melting it to your nickels solder pool ensuring to not add extra heat after the the joint has melted together fully.
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Thx, this helps.
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@drone001 please dont do this. Your wires need to remain flexible otherwise you are losing the benefit of using wire at all.
The rest of his advise is decent. Just make sure you are using a powerful iron at high temp, with good solder and plenty of flux. Working quickly is your friend when trying to prevent solder wicking.
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Thx, my iron just died on meā¦itās the handle assembly on the KSGER T-12. I repaired it once beforeā¦itās toast this time. Ali says Nov 9 for the replacementā¦I canāt wait that long. Any idea on a replacement iron? something I wonāt have to replace in 6 months.
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Good parts and composition man, does it move as expected?
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I have been loving my Pinecil.
Only drawback is that you need to bring your own 21V/3A DC power supply. I use my adjustable lab PSU. You could use something like this:
You can also power the Pinecil off any 60W USB-C PD power supply. So you could get something like this:
And an appropriately rated USB-C to USB-C cable.
I use my Pinecil with the D24 tip, because itās got better thermal mass and more surface area for heat transfer than the stock cone tip:
For really large stuff, I use this iron:
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Shoes and hand protection!?!
I feel like I donāt even know you any more dudeā¦
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You really canāt go wrong with a TS100.
Pretty sure this forum has an entire thread dedicated to it. Itās like the best iron Iāve ever used.
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quite
very torquey, iāll like the extra efficiency while going up hills back homeā¦ top speed was reduced to 35 tho, sadge 
not loud enough, need more RAWWWWWWWW
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Thx, I have two dead TS100s. I donāt solder a lot I Donāt understand why these things keep dying on me. The TS100s and now the KSGER.
Thx, Does the PINECIL use the same tips as the TS100ā¦they look similar. I have a ton of tips for the TS100.
Like what you did here, what did you put over those stickers?
Yep!
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Viscous Griptape, Clear 
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