How to make a Soldering Station

An old stand with soldering supplies built in. Stand for soldering iron, hook for desoldering tool, a helping hand, ventilation fan, a pole for solder to spin on, place for damp cloth, and a tip tinner and cleaner. This is my first instructable, so please leave helpful comments. (Sorry for the bad backgrounds, my work bench is kind of crazy)

Step 1: Find a Stand

My Stand was an old Barcode scanner stand. I just cutoff some of the plastic on top. You could make your own stand out of a small piece of Plywood and a 2 by 3. Be creative.

Comments

[Athebest]

You spelled "switch", "swith". Other than that, very nice. I want to make a master soldering station out of a combination of everything on the site. Nice addition.

[threewheela]

thanks, great ible! i just finished a similar stand and might add a fan like u did

[E_MAN]

Thanks!
Try adding a filter infront of the fan. You could filter out all of those bad fumes. I think a activated carbon filter might work.

[poolshark162006]

i dont think that you should have 2.5 amps powering a little fan??? im not that good with that stuff, but seems like way too much

[E_MAN]

I know, but I couldn't find another adaptor that had a low enough voltage. I don't think the high amps will make a difference in the performance of the fan.

[smray]

It doesn't matter what the amps rating on the adaptor is. That is just the maximum current draw allowed before the voltage will begin to drop. The fan will only draw what it needs. Typically 0.25 of an amp at 12v.

[E_MAN]

Thank you smray. :-)