[Kasyan TV] shows us how to make a really simple DIY induction soldering iron complete with DIY soldering tips. This is a pretty cool project. Most of us are used to temperature controlled ceramic ...

If you’ve ever welded, you know that some welders blow a shield gas over the work for different reasons. For example, you often use a gas to displace oxygen from the area and avoid oxidation. You can ...

If you have a keen interest in electronics or are a do-it-yourself enthusiast, you absolutely need to have a few tools and accessories at your disposal at all times. One of them is a soldering iron.

Soldering is the process of using a metal alloy with a low melting temperature (solder) to fuse the electrical contacts of a component to the pads of a circuit board. Proper soldering maximizes the ...

The image of the electrical engineer or hacker bent over and using a soldering iron on a circuit board is a classic visual cliché on TV and movies (Figure 1). Figure 1 The electrical engineer working ...

A soldering iron should have a feel and a grip that makes it easy to hold in your hand, as if it were a large pen. For electronics, you want a slim, needle-like tip to aid in getting the heat (and ...

iFixit is renowned for giving you the tools and knowledge to fix electronics yourself—saving you money and scratching your DIY itch. Now it’s creating the portable soldering iron to end all soldering ...

iFixit, which develops disassembly information and repair tools for devices such as smartphones, has announced the FixHub Smart Soldering Iron, a battery-powered soldering iron. The FixHub Smart ...

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account’s ‘Saved for Later’ section. Here at the Strategist, we like to think of ourselves as crazy (in the good way) about the stuff we buy ...