Found: Soldering Jig

[geodehunter]

I got my The Jigs Up also. This is the best thing for me since sliced bread. No more burn't fingers.

[forescott]

Any of you guys having trouble with these? I notice I have much faster heat transfer using an old piece of wood with holes drilled in it to hold my bullets than the aluminum jig. It seems to absorb too much heat and takes too long to melt solder on the larger bullets. I am using a good quality soldering station too. It's a neat holding tool, but not working soo well on the bigger stuff!

[sailr]

The first time I saw that jig I said to myself...no way it will work. Too much heat sink. Somebody out there makes the same thing only out of bakelite, rather than metal. THAT ONE should work good.

[Jeff Wohlt]

Certainly the heat is moving to the metal. I see it easy when I braze on alum for my flex cables. But have to have a barrier. I clamp the bulets in a vice and fill with solder with torch then insert the wire...I also keep the solder hot for a bit so the wire actually get hot enough to get in the wires otherwise it is not as good of connection. I also make sure the wire is making conact WITH the connector bottom to try and get good contact for power flow.

[Chop]

I used it to solder 5.5 bullets with a small torch and had no issues.

[gpaxton]

Soldering larger bullet connectors

Hi guys, my names Gregg Paxton and I'm the fella that makes The Jigs Up soldering jig. To get good results soldering larger bullet connectors you should use at least a 40 watt soldering iron with a 1/4" wide chisel shaped soldering tip. I have soldered thousands of these connectors with this setup and it works great for these connectors. Hope this helps.

[toyotatruckin]

Here is another good place to buy the soldering jig

http://www.headsuprc.com/servlet/the-MISCELLANEOUS-cln-Soldering-Jig/Categories