How to build a REAL 30W soldering iron on a budget of $0.00! - pt 1

Sooo... Since my soldering related content seems to be much more popular, I decided to directly attack my hated "life hack gang" rivals by showing you guys what it takes to build a REAL FUNCTIONAL soldering iron out of garbage I have laying around. The goal is, to build a 30W soldering station with adjustable temperature that can be used to solder through-hole as well as SMD components, in order to replace the simple 15W soldering iron that has been my daily driver ever since I first ventured into electronics almost nine years ago. In this first part I built a soldering iron in which I can put the DIY soldering tips I showed you in my very first video uploaded to this platform.


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