Soldering Equipment

The Hacklab has a bunch of tools that aren't soldering irons themselves, but are useful for soldering work:

• Located in the bin labeled 'Soldering Equipment':
  • A number of 'holding hands' type devices and one Panavise Jr. for holding circuit boards
  • Solder suckers and solder wick
  • Solder
• Located in the cup inside the Soldering Stuff bin
  • Tweezers of many sizes (including very pointed ones useful for working with SMDs down to 0402 size)
  • Dental picks useful for clearing solder bridges and moving tiny components

The lab also has a number of soldering devices:

• Located around the lab and in the 'Soldering Equipment' bin:
  • A number of normal 'pencil' type soldering irons, and stands for them.
• Located on the window ledge at the front of the lab:
  • One Edsyn Loner variable temperature soldering station with a small wedge tip on the iron
  • One Circuit Specialists CSI9000 hot air soldering station with:
    • Soldering iron with digital temperature control and smoke extractor
    • Hot air reflow tool with a number of tips (small round, slightly larger round, QFP-20ish size square, larger square), digital temperature control and air pressure control
  • One Aoyue hot air soldering station, same features and accessories as CSI9000
  • Multiple soldering iron stations, one of which is dedicated to lead-free process