Guides
Practical help choosing, using and maintaining soldering irons and stations for electronics work.
Best For Job
Choosing
Consumables
Price & Buying
Troubleshooting
- Desoldering braid not wicking
- Flux smoke filling a small room
- Solder will not melt on the iron
- Soldering Iron Not Heating Up: Causes and Fixes
- Station temperature jumping around: causes and fixes
- Tip dying because it was left dry at 400C
- Tip not staying tinned: causes and fixes
- Tip Oxidizing After a Few Sessions: Causes and Fixes
- USB-C PD Irons and Underpowered Chargers
Setup
- Best Fume Extractor for a Small Bench: What to Look For
- Best fume extractor if windows cannot open
- Buying a silicone mat before the first kit
- Carbon filter life in a small fume extractor
- Compact Fume Extractor for a Desk: What to Look For
- Fume extractor for a kitchen-table bench
- Helping hands versus a PCB vise
- Helping-hands stand with a magnifier
- PCB holder with rotating jaws
- Solder smoke without an extractor in winter