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A Poorly Made Soldering Station

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A few months back, I mentioned that I got a USB-C powered TS100 soldering iron and was tickled with it. During lockdown, however, I dropped the damned thing and broke it. With no stores open at the time, I was stuck without a temp adjustable soldering iron and with a pile of projects that needed solder.

Luckily for me, a buddy of mine had just bought another soldering iron from some sketchy Chinese website called Banggood. He mentioned that it shocked the shit out of him when its plugged in and he touches the case, but otherwise – “it works pretty damned well.”

Skeptical, I decided to try to fix it before I killed myself. A quick search returned the YouTube video above and that lead me to basically rebuilding the entire station with my single temp 50-year old soldering iron. I’ve been killing this thing ever since and honestly, it’s taken everything I can throw at it.

I’m not saying you should buy one of these… but if you are low on cash, fairly handy, and need a station that *might* last a couple of years, give this a shot.


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