Hi Tony, awesome video, great build, I’ll be looking into building one of these also, thanks for the links, couple of questions, do you use ferrules for the screw mounts? What is your son’s name? He’s growing very fast. Oh and also just wanted to tell you, the difference in the controller boards, one is LCD and the other is OLED. Just thought I’d let you know.. keep up the amazing work mate 🤙🏼🇦🇺 Joe from Australia 🤙🏼🇦🇺
@@Johadart I used some plastic spacers harvested from some old computers to fit the power supply. My son name is Anthony and yea is growing fast already 2 years old soon I need to send him to school. I'm happy to heard that you may want to build one similar soldering station and stay tuned because I learn how to calibrate it and use the settings to make it work properly so I will have an other video about this soon.
@@Johadart hi Joe, if you will use the same soldering handle please check the wires connection from the tip to the connector as per connection diagram from the control board listing link to make sure it's ok because for mine I needed to make some modifications swap some pins around on the connector
@@Johadart also make attention when ordering the soldering handle to have the same connector as the controller board have because you can chose between 2 types of connector
@@dudicoco definitely will cost less than that and I don't know about which soldering station premade you are mentioning. Maybe that one don't have the option to can use more options on iron tips
@@zombieryder I don't tried but will not work. Because 2 reasons. 1 the MOSFET which controls the iron tip will not handle the current and the power supply that is inside the quicko don't supply enough current
@@SymbolTech21 im using modified handle with hakko TX1 150w and TX2 300w cartridges on quicko station to solder thick copper. I dont have t245 currently to test with. Also Im guessing the power rating is about how quickly the tip heats up. Quicko station heats up 300w cartridge just fine though it does takes its time.
@@SymbolTech21 if I am not wrong, at your tutorial, you used the t245 cartridge. So why are you saying that it will not work. Did I lose something? Thank you!
Thank you for this full tutorial with links to buy the parts! You got a new subscriber with a useful video like this. I'm new to soldering and this seems like a good way to get a quality iron for a good price. What type of wire should I use to connect everything? I bought all the components you linked but I'm not sure the wire type was listed. Is there a specific type of connector I should get with the wire?
@@Jacob-vx4zw hi there when you get the soldering iron handle please make sure you check the connection diagram of the wires from the connector to the iron tip because you need to modify some pin orientation. About the wires I used for the mains AC voltage stripped a pc power cord and used and from the power supply to controller board used wires from an old pc power supply.
@@SymbolTech21 Thank you! Do you have a link for the jumper cable you used and the power adapter on the back (the small one with the yellow cable). I was not able to find a link.
@@Jacob-vx4zw I already changed that connector because I installed the connector which I received on the last mailbag video. Have a look on that video and you will find the link on that video description. I changed because should have 2 separate wires that goes on 2 different locations on the soldering iron controller board and when I'm using the part for swapping the iron tips will show on display as well that I'm changing the tip
@@Jacob-vx4zw on this video I have the right connector for the cable that connects the soldering stand with the soldering station ruclips.net/video/jfjz_3gEWzE/видео.htmlsi=sY1-cN19BxiTQwPh
Hi again, I got everything setup but you did not mention how to convert the T245 plug to work with this setup. How do we change the plug on the T245 soldering iron to fit in the socket? Thank you
Hi Tony, awesome video, great build, I’ll be looking into building one of these also, thanks for the links, couple of questions, do you use ferrules for the screw mounts? What is your son’s name? He’s growing very fast.
Oh and also just wanted to tell you, the difference in the controller boards, one is LCD and the other is OLED. Just thought I’d let you know.. keep up the amazing work mate 🤙🏼🇦🇺
Joe from Australia 🤙🏼🇦🇺
@@Johadart I used some plastic spacers harvested from some old computers to fit the power supply. My son name is Anthony and yea is growing fast already 2 years old soon I need to send him to school. I'm happy to heard that you may want to build one similar soldering station and stay tuned because I learn how to calibrate it and use the settings to make it work properly so I will have an other video about this soon.
@@SymbolTech21 cool buddy can’t wait to see..
@@Johadart hi Joe, if you will use the same soldering handle please check the wires connection from the tip to the connector as per connection diagram from the control board listing link to make sure it's ok because for mine I needed to make some modifications swap some pins around on the connector
@@SymbolTech21 ok I will do Tony, thankyou for letting me know this.. 🤙🏼🇦🇺
@@Johadart also make attention when ordering the soldering handle to have the same connector as the controller board have because you can chose between 2 types of connector
Is there an advantage in building this over the premade t245 stations available on AliExpress for around $50?
@@dudicoco definitely will cost less than that and I don't know about which soldering station premade you are mentioning. Maybe that one don't have the option to can use more options on iron tips
very nice following this project, will probably replicate it.
It's cheap to build and it's really powerful. Definitely much better than my old t12 station
hello, have you tried to connect t245 to your quicko station
@@zombieryder I don't tried but will not work. Because 2 reasons. 1 the MOSFET which controls the iron tip will not handle the current and the power supply that is inside the quicko don't supply enough current
@@SymbolTech21 im using modified handle with hakko TX1 150w and TX2 300w cartridges on quicko station to solder thick copper. I dont have t245 currently to test with. Also Im guessing the power rating is about how quickly the tip heats up. Quicko station heats up 300w cartridge just fine though it does takes its time.
@@SymbolTech21 if I am not wrong, at your tutorial, you used the t245 cartridge. So why are you saying that it will not work. Did I lose something?
Thank you!
@@Kostliasist I used t245 with an 9A 24v power supply
Thank you for this full tutorial with links to buy the parts! You got a new subscriber with a useful video like this. I'm new to soldering and this seems like a good way to get a quality iron for a good price.
What type of wire should I use to connect everything? I bought all the components you linked but I'm not sure the wire type was listed. Is there a specific type of connector I should get with the wire?
@@Jacob-vx4zw hi there when you get the soldering iron handle please make sure you check the connection diagram of the wires from the connector to the iron tip because you need to modify some pin orientation. About the wires I used for the mains AC voltage stripped a pc power cord and used and from the power supply to controller board used wires from an old pc power supply.
@@SymbolTech21 Thank you! Do you have a link for the jumper cable you used and the power adapter on the back (the small one with the yellow cable). I was not able to find a link.
@@Jacob-vx4zw I already changed that connector because I installed the connector which I received on the last mailbag video. Have a look on that video and you will find the link on that video description. I changed because should have 2 separate wires that goes on 2 different locations on the soldering iron controller board and when I'm using the part for swapping the iron tips will show on display as well that I'm changing the tip
@@Jacob-vx4zw on this video I have the right connector for the cable that connects the soldering stand with the soldering station ruclips.net/video/jfjz_3gEWzE/видео.htmlsi=sY1-cN19BxiTQwPh
Hi again,
I got everything setup but you did not mention how to convert the T245 plug to work with this setup. How do we change the plug on the T245 soldering iron to fit in the socket?
Thank you