How To Make Homemade Soldering Iron

Use a coathanger wire cutter and ingenuity to make a soldering iron stand.

How to make homemade soldering iron. Steps of Making The Soldering Iron When making a homemade soldering iron you need to remain extremely cautious throughout this process to avoid any possible injury. I still had the problem of needing a way to turn the power on and off while my hands were occupied. So a few years ago I was trying to replace the tip on my soldering iron and instead of buying one I went the DIY route.

12V7Ah lead-acid DC battery 1x. This project demonstrates a simple soldering iron stand that you can build using a piece of thick wire and some basic tools. You will need the following components to create a portable soldering iron.

8 mm solid copper enameled copper rod 1x. Soldering really large pieces like 120 scale brass locomotive cabs or boilers however. Hair Dryer I had one at home Bare Copper wire 8 Gauge 18 Gauge RedBlack Connector Wires.

The collar needs to be fixed very well since with a strong push you risk breaking the soldering iron. DIY Solder Iron How to Make a Simple Soldering Iron. After all the pins are connected gently insert the sting into the hole of the resistor.

I looked around the garage to see what I can make the tip out of and settled on a thick masonry nail. But it will replace your soldering iron for most jobs and will let you do many things impossible to do with an iron. But if you sold Brass then you need 12v 10 ampere.

How to make 12v power supply easy at home. Adriajunyent-ferre took a pair of cheap 5 USB soldering irons and turned them into a nifty pair of SMD soldering tweezers. 1 x base of heavy big Table Lamp You can use Wooden base Marble sheet or tiles.