Most, if not all, engineers know how to handle a soldering iron. But there are a few folks in the industry who want to know more about those wisps of smoke they sometimes see rising from our ...

Well, I have to do a bit of soldering. I have not done this since, oh, 30ish years ago. I can't say as I was skilled at it then nor am I now. However, I did a bit of watching on Youtube and have an ...

Typical soldering tips have a copper core, plated with iron. The copper allows heat transfer, and the iron plating provides durability. Soldering is a joining process involving a filler metal that is ...

Soldering irons have a ton of different tips, and each of them is better suited for different tasks. However, which tips are best suited for what isn't always obvious, so Instructables user JColvin91 ...

Our commenteers have all said good things about the open-source TS100 soldering iron pencil: things like “it solders well”. But we’ve all got soldering irons that solder well. What possible extra ...

A device that even DIY enthusiasts don’t usually think to DIY is the humble soldering iron. Yet, that’s exactly what one Hackaday.io user did by building a USB-powered soldering pen with better ...

Soldering frequently involves hunching in and squinting at the fiddly task at hand, or performing that task under an unmoving magnifying glass. The D01 Visual Soldering Iron offers a more versatile ...

In a time when DDR5 kits can cost more than a graphics card, some builders are literally soldering their own memory sticks to ...