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 head to the bottom to find the links. We’ve seen DIY soldering tweezers using USB soldering irons from eBay but the TS101 has a form factor that seems like a particularly good fit.

Solder in all but the most masterful hands is far too clumsy a material to get the "translucent haze" that would ensure a proper seal between hs and core without detracting from the heatsink's ...

Popular console repair YouTube channel TronicsFix has discovered that the PS5 Pro heatsink isn’t glossy-smooth – it features a rectangular spiral surface detail.

It does not have de-soldering tweezers of any size, but instead has a hand-held de-soldering iron and a matching vacuum pump. As an example, find T0053457699, the tweezer-equipped kit for reworking ...

The supplied soldering iron is 130W and can reach maximum temperature within 10s, while the surface-mount tweezers are 100W. A 150W iron will be available as an extra, as will be a 50W iron. Range is ...

Here’s a nice video from Steve Dahl of Digikey showing how you can use a heat gun to solder high-brightness LEDs to an aluminum substrate heat sink. In the demo he uses a Steinel programmable heat gun ...