HP (@banjohat)This is exactly why I love 3d printers. When you have an idea you draw it and then you print it. Simple as that.
Of course the soldering pen needs a stand. And why can't it be printed?
I know that a lot of people will tell me that it will melt and maybe they're right. But I havent seen them print a stand for their soldering pen yet. So here goes:
It shows some problemswith the board layout of the pen. for example the hall sensor for standby detection is located a really stupid place - in the opposite end of the tip. Why is this a problem? Well, the support containing a magnet for the hall sensor to detect has to be really long!
For now I have chosen to move the magnet 20mm downward but of course there's no hall sensor there right now. Luckily I will do another PCB revision because I want to change the mini-jack plug to a different model that will keep the connector on the same plane as the PCB. This is another story but it will make it possible to have a round casing on the pen. it will be more pen-like.
I'll conlude this log with a picture of the stand with the pen inserted. haven't turned the thing on yet. Soon. very soon :)
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It's not visible at these photos but the tip is nowhere near any plastic :)
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that will work fine, everything can't be melt proof! As long as you are a little careful. As an upgrade you could create a cradle with a loop of bent coat hanger for the parts near the hot tip.
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That's a great idea!
I reasoned that I could easily make a new part if the first one melted and on top of that the pen should cool off when in the stand.
Also Weller has put a rubber grip on the tip itself so the heat propagation should not be that great.
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