If you are in the market for a high-quality soldering iron, a rewarding pursuit can be attending dispersal auctions. It is not unusual to see boxes of irons, as anything remotely iron-like is bundled ...

[Lee] has a Hakko FR301 desoldering gun and a Duratool knockoff. He freely admits that the Hakko is probably better, but he wonders if it’s good enough to justify being four times as expensive. He ...

Desoldering stations are expensive, but if you want to get solder off of your electronics it's the best way to do it. If you don't mind doing a bit of the legwork yourself, DIYer Sable Wolf shows off ...

While “no soldering required” and “simplifying soldering” have both been used as selling points for many different products, sooner or later, you’re going to have to heat the iron and get down to ...

The project is made up of heater, powerful solder, hot exchanger, and air pump to produce homemade SMT desoldering station. Some parts of the device can be substituted by other components such as pump ...

Ok, so I'm trying to replace some joysticks on PS5 controllers. I've tried stuff like this in the past to mixed success. I have a cheap solder iron and solder pump. This is not fun. Soldering? Not ...