Soldering iron tip soldering component on green PCB - Ronstik/Getty Images A soldering station can easily take up a good portion of your desk, but thanks to the arrival of affordable smart soldering ...

Cheap, light, and open-source: the Pinecil is a no-brainer for most tinkerers. Cheap, light, and open-source: the Pinecil is a no-brainer for most tinkerers. Learning to solder was a life-changing ...

While technical advances abound in the electronic components and tools engineers and hobbyists work with, one relatively low-tech but important tool─the soldering iron─has arguably been left behind as ...

A set of tools like this can literally last a lifetime. They fit into a convenient pouch like a Klein Tools 5139. You can conquer the world with this kit! Everybody has individual tools that they like ...

It started when [Mitxela] was faced with about a hundred incorrectly-placed 0603 parts. Given that he already owned two TS101 soldering irons, a 3D printer, and knows how to use FreeCAD (he had just ...