Chinese mushroom night light teardown.
I bought a cheap Chinese plug-in night light based on weird mushrooms because it looked kinda cool. It's just as…
Teardown of a thermally controlled soldering iron element.
This is what's inside a typical 24V 50W soldering iron heating element. I actually thought it was going to be…
Make custom resin led shapes with silicone moulds.
A simple and very cheap way to make custom shaped moulds for creating simple resin castings with or without an…
Inside a cheap chinese yihua soldering iron.
A thorough look at the assembly of the generic Chinese soldering irons often supplied with thermally controlled soldering stations. These…
Unearthed / ungrounded mains adapter.
I bought a soldering station from an ebay supplier and as recommended by various online resources I did an earth/ground…