Awesome Soldering

Many homebrew projects involve soldering. SOLDR provides a complete soldering station in an easy-to-carry case. The modular kit holds tools and accessories, and includes magnetic clips for grabbing parts, a solder spool caddy, and an exhaust fan and light. A Deluxe Edition adds a USB-C soldering iron, multimeter, smartphone microscope stand, and more.

Soldering surface-mounted components on circuit boards can be challenging without industrial soldering equipment. But maker.moekoe shows off a method for soldering multiple components using soldering paste and a temperature-controlled clothes iron to melt all of the solder into place at once.

Maker Laura Kampf is always coming up with creative ideas for her workshop. This time she built something she can take with her – a battery-powered soldering station that looks like something cobbled together in the wasteland of a Fallout game. It has a removable storage bin, work surface, lighting, and a magnetic alligator clip.