DIY Helping Hands Soldering Station
Introduction: DIY Helping Hands Soldering Station
In this tutorial I am going to show how we can make a super flexible helping hands soldering station using basic materials which are low coast and can be found easily in nearby stores. This 4$ helping hands soldering station looks decent and can perform all the tasks that a commercial helping hands soldering station can do.
Supplies
* 10 Gauge plastic coated single string metal wire
* Block of wood (15x30 Cm)
* Alligator Pins
* Some different sizes of steel rods
* Solder Holder (Or) Thick metal wire
* Solder tip cleaner (Or) A small container with steel scrubber
* A (7X10Cm) metal sheet
* Wood Finish Oil
* 5V White LED Light
* Hand drill and other tools
Step 1: Making Flexible Arms:
* Take the hand drill with a long 5mm diameter rod.
* Mark a point on rod for length of the arm.
* Take the metal wire and roll on the rod to make the spring.
* Similarly make few more springs.
* Take the same metal wire and double it using drill.
* This double wire is going to act as core for helping hands.
Step 2: Drilling Holes on the Wood:
* Take the wooden block and mark the positions where you want to place your helping hands, solder holder, lead wire holder and solder tip cleaner.
* Drill the appropriate holes at the marks you made.
* For placing the helping hand drill a hole of spring diameter.
* Inside the same hole drill a hole of core diameter.
Step 3: Installing Helping Hands:
* Put the cores and springs in the respective holes using glue.
* Take the heat shrink tubes and the alligator pins.
* Fix the alligator pin using super glue.
* After the glue dries position the heat shrink tube and shrink it.
* Put the heat shrink tubes on the teeth's of the alligator pins.
* Glue a 5V LED light on a flexible hand.
Note: You can even put a magnifier and a small DC fan on the flexible hand.
Step 4: Final:
* Fix the container with screws on to the wood.
* Place the scrubber and put the lid.
* To this lid make a opening.
* Fix the solder iron holder and a small rod for lead wire holder.
* Apply the wood finishing oil.
You can use a commercial solder holder and commercial solder tip cleaner instead. 98