Mitxela, who describes himself as an “OLD prone Daveses with a 3D printer problem”, has come up with a cheap and effective solution to a problem many hackers and makers will have faced: incorrectly-placed 0603 parts that are too small to handle with standard tools.
Instead of investing in expensive commercial soldering tweezers, he utilised his two TS101 soldering irons and some 3D-printed parts to create a pair of effective soldering tweezers, with the added advantage that each soldering iron can be precisely adjusted to achieve perfect alignment.
The entire device was designed using FreeCAD, and the design files and .stl models are available to download from Mitxela’s website.
While this solution works best with the TS101 irons, Mitxela also mentions another popular underdog soldering iron, the Sequre HT140, though he believes the TS101 offers better temperature regulation.
