Soldering an Orion motor

[Scouser]

Hi all, just wondering if there are any secrets to soldering wires to an Orion V motor? After trying for several hours last night, I am not entirely convinced it is possible!! Admittedly I am not the best solderer in the world but those little flanges are ridiculous!

[mark christopher]

you need a good quality large tipped high wattage iron, what are you using

[jim76]

i must admit i have never had an issue with them, but lots of people struggle. they key is to;

a - have an iron with a BIG tip! i use the 12v trick bits iron which has a nice big tip to store heat (as the alloy endbell on the V2 sucks all the heat away.
b - make sure the brass contact is clean (wipe with meths etc to remove grease. possibly give a quick rub with wet n dry to scratch the surface slightly. Then give the contact a good tinning before trying to solder the wire to it.

if you iron has a small tip then don't even try until you can get a different tip or use someone elses iron.

[DCM]

if you are struggling, wipe a small amount of flux on the solder point, then tin that area, make sure the wire going on is nicely tinned. Make sure you got a decent iron, with a good tip, place wire on, tin iron, place iron on, wait till solder melts, hold for five seconds, and voila, an omlette, sorry, soldered wire.

[Scouser]

Cheers fellas. I am using a Wella iron I got from B&Q. Seems ok but I have never had one before so I wouldn't know bad from good. I will give it another go in a bit. Want to get it sorted for Sunday

[DCM]

post a link to your model of Wella solderig iron, and we can tell you if it is good or not.

[Scouser]

This looks like the same one. http://www.tooled-up.com/Product.asp...-Soldering-Gun