Quote Originally Posted by N5RLR
Quote Originally Posted by KG4CGC
...Right now I'm too scared to do surface mount work with my current iron. Once I get that sorted I'll go from there...
Take a length of small-gauge solid copper wire, strip and tin, and wrap around your iron's tip with a bit extending past the end. A "needle" iron, if you will.

Oh, and for us *ahem* getting on in years, a jewelers' loupe that clips to the eyeglasses, helps. :angel
Thanks. Sound better than my idea of grinding the tip because it's reversible. Got a pair of 1x readers for tight work. Even with 20/15 vision they really sharpen up the lines for small and close up stuff.
I even already have an idea of how to work the wire. Thanks Again. :)