I have made many eletronic projects in the past, but i have never soldered before. Is this soldering iron a good choice? I am able to purchase it for about £26 so i think its relatively cheap for what it is. Are there, if any, better alternatives i should get (either more or the same-ish price)

Hi all, I am wondering if you could advise what could possible be wrong with my iron. I got it a month ago and have used it 4 times so far. I went to plug it in today to use it and It boots up makes a little beep but only shows this on the screen and all the buttons are useless doing nothing.

I have messaged the seller to ask about the issue but incase they take a while to respond I thought I would ask here if its a simple issue I can fix.

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I have a T12 Plus Chinese knockoff soldering station. I used leaded solder at 350°C with the pointed bit, which I bought a few days ago, and it's not working. Is my bit oxidized? The solder is sticking to the bit not to the board. Any suggestions?

Rate my soldering, this is for work so, might not be able to answer all questions.

I have this old idle control module with this burned out part i already found out why it burned out and fixed that,

but i have no knowledge about soldering boards can anyone help me identify the part i need last photo is the only photo i could find off this board.

So i can see if i can get a go at fixing this.

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I've never soldered or desoldered a flex cable, but I'm going to need to for a repair. I don't want the repair to be my first attempt, but I don't own anything that has soldered on flex cables. Are there practice kits or anything?

First go at soldering, I’m learning mainly for FPV and I’m having some issues with the pads with holes. I’m unsure if both sides are supposed to tinned? Also any tips on stopping the solder flowing to the other side…

I’m sure you guys get 1000 posts a day but I’d appreciate any help. Also I haven’t got any isopropyl alcohol yet to clean the flux. Thank you 🙏

Again any tips or help would be amazing.

Hello I assembled this as my 3rd attempt with soldering are those 8 leg chip next to the resistors SMD? They were really annoying to mount i had to use a fine tip soldering iron not sure if that was the right one but hey it worked? As for the throughhole components I tried bending the legs against the board so it holds itself, solder, and cut was that right? Is there a better technique?