just in case the small amount of oil catches fire. This looks like a simple technique worth remembering, and it seems easier than soldering by chemically depositing copper onto aluminum.

Learn more› By Signe Brewster and James Austin After new testing, we’ve added the Pinecil V2 and Uy Chan TS101 smart soldering irons to The competition, along with the traditional Yihua 939D ...

Regardless of what soldering station you use, if it doesn’t have auto turn off (which is good for fire prevention), put a grounded AC appliance timer inline with the iron. These timers allow you ...

The adhesive around the new iPhone has an aluminum lining underneath the rail, which allows electricity to pulse through and ...

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That's about what you'd pay for a modest traditional soldering station that you could trust not to start a fire. The Smart Soldering Iron has a USB-C port on the end, allowing you to connect any ...

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As part of its longstanding efforts to encourage users to repair their electronic devices and other items, iFixit is announcing FixHub, a USB-C soldering iron and portable power station designed ...

FixHub is a USB-C powered soldering iron designed to help fix whatever's on your workbench (and be easily fixable itself). The iron is joined by a 55Wh battery pack which acts as a stand and ...

It only makes sense that iFixIt would launch a soldering iron at some point. The company, which is best known for its electronic repair toolkits and wealth of repair guides, says that it has over ...

Soldering is one of the most useful skills you can learn in the DIY world, especially for repairing your electronics. But a lot of soldering irons are inadequate or inconvenient, so iFixit ...

You can use one to caramelize the sugar on top of a crème brûlée, solder copper plumbing pipes ... We're dealing with a ...