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Tuesday Tooling: The Right Tool For The Job

Tuesday Tooling: The Right Tool For The Job

These new tools really do "suck" but they make any job a "snip".

Tuesday Tooling: Flex-C-Friend

Tuesday Tooling: Flex-C-Friend

Do you envy TS80 owners for their USB C jack? Well envy no more as Brian Lough's Flex-C-Friend bring USB C to the TS100!

Friday Fun: Cheap soldering irons

Friday Fun: Cheap soldering irons

I take two CHEAP soldering irons through their paces so you don't have to! Well unless you really want to.

O' SMD O' Christmas Tree

O' SMD O' Christmas Tree

Need a cheap and easy intro to SMD soldering? Well Christmas might come but once a year, but these trees can be soldered all year round.

Tooling Tuesday: Cheap Desoldering Pump

Tooling Tuesday: Cheap Desoldering Pump

Need something to desolder lots of components? Don't fancy holding a soldering iron AND a desoldering pump? Don't want to spend lots of money? I got ya!

Friday Fun: Being a complete Hidiot!

Friday Fun: Being a complete Hidiot!

All it took was to tidy my desk... Back in December 2017 RawHex sent me a Hidiot kit, as they knew of my love for the ATtiny85. (Sorry about the delay RawHex...) All three of these boards use an ATtiny85. From L - R Digistamp, Adafruit Gemma, Generic ATtiny85 clone

Tuesday Tooling - USB Soldering Iron

Tuesday Tooling - USB Soldering Iron

This is the long awaited review of something that I take for granted...soldering irons. But this one is a little different, it runs from USB power! So what is it? A USB powered "8W" soldering iron... A What? You read that right, this soldering iron is powered

Duratool D03172 Mini Soldering Station

Duratool D03172 Mini Soldering Station

I've waited a long time for this! tl;dr: A £12 temperature controlled mini soldering station for intermediate users. Cheap, small with a precise soldering tip, but manual calibration needed for temperature. Available from CPC --See Stop Press at the bottom of this page for a special sale

The "Essentials" Soldering Kit

The "Essentials" Soldering Kit

Disclaimer - This kit was provided free of charge by CPC I love soldering! I only learnt to solder about 2-3 years ago, but since then I have enjoyed the hobby. Yes even the bits where I botch something up! Soldering is a basic maker skill and essential for those

Cheap Soldering Station - Updated With Fix

Cheap Soldering Station - Updated With Fix

June 3 2017 Update - Fixing it! Today at Blackpool Makerspace I finally fixed the soldering iron, largely thanks to a video from Big Clive which explained the fault. So what was the fault? The connection between the iron, a DIN type connection, and the PCB is the only mechanical