Where is a good place to get Hakko tips? Also, what diameter solder? .31? .20?
One other question, is there much difference in 63/37 versus 60/40?
Thanks!
I have no idea where you're from, so no way to say for sure. =)
I get them at Fry's, locally, or Amazon.
63/37 v. 60/40 is negligible, but the reasoning behind 63/37 is that it goes from liquid to solid more quickly. Whether that actually matters or not, I couldn't say. My soldering experience is limited to whatever they had at work 20 years ago, and the 63/37 I bought when I built my first keyboard a few months ago. Maybe someone else will chime in with a compelling reason to pick one over the other, but I doubt it's going to make a huge difference at all.
Same really goes for the diameter. I use .31 because I figured it would be easier to flow it more quickly, and speed was my goal with the Zealios I was soldering. Plenty of people seem to use .20, and I could certainly see the smaller diameter being preferable for SMD soldering. But, again, I doubt either one is going to make a huge difference with the soldering involved in building a keyboard.