/diy/ - Do It Yourself

i might be having a stroke

>>1682685

Just buy cheap ear buds at the gas station or walmart. You're broke but you require quality headphones? I buy $10 ear buds because I work construction and damage them all the time and Sony offers a $2 warranty where they replace broken headphones up to 3 times. So o get 3 war buds for $12 and they sound fine for radio/YouTube.

>>1682685
1. heat a metallic paperclip with a lighter
2. use it as a soldering iron
3. walla

>>1682685
I bought one of these on eBay for ~$3
IT WORKS GREAT
https://www.amazon.com/Tcplyn-Premium-Portable-Soldering-Indicator/dp/B07PK7H9S4

>>1682685
It's a stick that gets hot. It doesn't need to be fancy.

>>1682685
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnF09xjl_qs

If you go with the cheap stuff, chances are good that you'll end up burning something. You need lower temps, I would go as low as 150°C

>>1682849
Quality soldering

>>1682685
Do you even HF?
The soldering gun is goat

I had a cheap one for 50 bucks, it worked OK but took ages to warm up and the tips sucked.

Now I have an 80W analog Weller that cost me 300 and it was definitely worth it for me - heats up in seconds, great tip quality and you can easily get all kinds of replacement tips, also of great quality.
So yeah if you're strapped for cash and won't be soldering much, a cheap (temperature controlled!) unit will do fine, but if you plan to use it a lot a quality station will be worth the money.

>>1682849
>>1682957
What I like is that, in some shots, the tape and glue are gone. What did this dude change to once he realized hotglue and electrical tape have a lower melting point than fucking solder?

>>1683163
this one seems alright
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsEgigJnISY

just have to keep the flame on while soldering and solder somewhere the whole lot can be thrown away from body safely.

>>1683345
+ superglue instead of hotglue
+ tape doesn't come into direct contact with metal
- contact point gets insulated from carbon residue

Overall it's a better design, but the spiral heating area on the first one is at least a solid idea.

Best soldering iron for someone not on a budget?

>>1683361
Hakko or the $100+ Wellers.

>>1682685
it would be cheaper to just get new ear buds but if you were to get a soldering station get a used Hakko, you can find em for used for under $100 and will last you for life.

>>1682733
For small jobs, it has Big Gay Clive's approval, and gets hot enough for lead-free.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-8D5t6TJYU

>>1682724
It's 'voila' sperg

>>1683445
That's a stringed instrument, you moronic newfag, not the Spanish phrase. Lurk moar.

>>1683448

>>1683448

You're in college. If there's an engineering department, there will probably be an IEEE club. Find them and ask them to use theirs.

>>1683462
Every time you point a finger at me, you're pointing three back at yourself.

>>1683465
That is not the word that was used, either time, that word is french. Your keyboard probably smells of cheese. Lurk moar, once again.

>>1683354
Made one because curiosity. Used a paper clip for extra isolation and a relatively thin wire coil. If you're brave and the work area isn't particularly flammable its more than enough heat for cable splicing in an emergency.

>>1683666
Butane dab torches work real good for automotive wires and shit too. They only cost like $5. I thought about getting one of those 100w soldering guns but the butane has kept up when the little iron wasn’t enough.