Hi,
I'm a watchmaker/clockmaker who's looking to buy a soldering station that will allow me to blue my steel parts.
The idea is that I polish my part and clean it then use the soldering station set to 274°C to give a perfect blue.
I've been looking at loads of different models, Weller, ETC. But haven't found something I'm sure on, as everyone has their own marketing etc.
I need something that I can take the tip out of a soldering iron, put in a brass plate that will heat up, I then put my part on the plate and it will turn blue because of the temperature.
I need the iron to stay at that temperature as the difference between a dark blue and a light blue is about 5°C. So it can make a huge difference if the temperature is fluctuating.
I'm looking for people to advise me on something to buy and also what all the jargon means. So when it says +- 10°C does it mean under load? Or that if I set it to 274°C I could be above or below?
Also does it hold the variance? So if I had a test piece of steel and dialed in the perfect temperature for a perfect blue then would it differ every time I turned on the iron, so would have to dial in the temperature every time.
This might be a bit confusing to people but I know it has been done before.
I'm based in the UK so if there are suggestions please keep it UK, thanks.
Please ask questions and I will clarify/answer anything.
Alex
I'm a watchmaker/clockmaker who's looking to buy a soldering station that will allow me to blue my steel parts.
The idea is that I polish my part and clean it then use the soldering station set to 274°C to give a perfect blue.
I've been looking at loads of different models, Weller, ETC. But haven't found something I'm sure on, as everyone has their own marketing etc.
I need something that I can take the tip out of a soldering iron, put in a brass plate that will heat up, I then put my part on the plate and it will turn blue because of the temperature.
I need the iron to stay at that temperature as the difference between a dark blue and a light blue is about 5°C. So it can make a huge difference if the temperature is fluctuating.
I'm looking for people to advise me on something to buy and also what all the jargon means. So when it says +- 10°C does it mean under load? Or that if I set it to 274°C I could be above or below?
Also does it hold the variance? So if I had a test piece of steel and dialed in the perfect temperature for a perfect blue then would it differ every time I turned on the iron, so would have to dial in the temperature every time.
This might be a bit confusing to people but I know it has been done before.
I'm based in the UK so if there are suggestions please keep it UK, thanks.
Please ask questions and I will clarify/answer anything.
Alex
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