How I Built a Soldering Iron

DIY Soldering Station with an Arduino - Full Build (Gordak Handle + Home-Made PCB + Ugly but Working Case!)

In my very first YouTube video ever, I decided to stop complaining about my terrible old soldering iron… and build my own temperature-controlled soldering station from scratch – the true Persian way.

cheap, chaotic, and 100% DIY! Parts I used :
- Gordak 907/958 style handle (24V)
- Arduino Nano (or Pro Mini)
- MAX6675 + SOIC-8 breakout
- 0.96" SSD1306 OLED (I2C)
- IRLB4132 logic-level MOSFET
- 7805 + heatsink
- Rotary encoder or potentiometer
- 24V 4–5A power supply (old laptop charger works)
- Plus resistors, caps, connectors, etc.

↓↓↓ ALL FILES ARE FREE – DOWNLOAD HERE ↓↓↓ GitHub repository (KiCad project, schematic, Arduino code):
Github 👉 github.com/Moe5M/DIY-Soldering-Station-with-an-Arduino

(Everything is open-source) Even if you don’t want to etch your own PCB, you can order it from PCB Manufacturer in 5 minutes using the Kicad files I provided! This is literally my first video ever, so if you laughed, learned something, or just felt my pain while ironing the PCB… please hit that LIKE button and SUBSCRIBE – it helps more than you think! ❤️

Chapters:
00:00 Intro & Persian life crisis
00:16 Why my old iron is trash
01:00 Parts overview
02:10 Breadboard prototype & quick explanation
02:40 Testing with a light bulb
04:40 Adding MAX6675 thermocouple readout
05:10 Adding OLED display
05:40 Designing the PCB in KiCad
07:10 Toner transfer with clothes iron (the struggle)
07:20 Etching with ferric chloride
08:00 Soldering the board (and cutting it after…)
08:30 Building the ugliest case from PVC pipe
09:30 Final assembly & first heat-up

Thank you for watching till the end! See you in the next one (whenever I recover from this one)

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