Unobtanium soldering iron tips

[electra225]

I have two or three Radio Shack soldering irons I like and used until the tips burnt up. Of course, no RS here locally. What can be used to kluge new soldering iron tips? I thought about buying some heavy copper wire and using that...

[Dr. Radio]

Greg,

Any pictures or model #'s ?

Every Radio Shack iron I have (or had) seemed to be a re-badged Weller.

[TC Chris]

I figured that they were heavy copper wire.

Chris Campbell

[electra225]

I can get some model numbers for reference. I never thought about the Weller connection. Are Weller tips still available?

[Doug]

Is this a pencel iron or a soldering gun ?
I was a radio shack in Indiana
Radio Shack & Osborne Electronics
Has a lot of old stock
Pictures of your irons would help
Happy new year
Douh6

[TC Chris]

I was assuming pencil when I said copper wire, but my old Weller gun has the copper end that's basically a U-shaped piece of copper wire shunting the secondary of the transformer inside the gun. I bet a suitable gauge of copper wire, end pounded flat, would serve.

Chris Campbell

[Doug]

I have used #10,12 wire on gun shape it to make more contact on a larger connector.
#12 wire will turn red
You can find stuff on the web about that.
By the way they sell great lakes potato chips down here sw ohio.
Pretty good

[Dr. Radio]

I can get some model numbers for reference. I never thought about the Weller connection. Are Weller tips still available?

One source....

Go to eBay and type in "Weller Tip" in the search box......You'll get plenty of results.