Matt Gray's Soldering Kit

I was somewhere without tools and needed to solder, so ordered some bits next day and used that as an excuse to make a mini soldering kit.

Case

• Excellent Elite Spanker IFAK Outdoor Tactical Accessories Bag Apparently the keyword I needed for a case this size was IFAK (Individual First Aid Kit). I bought this one purely because of the brand name.

The internal mesh pocket has a really odd velcro strap that can only attach by going through a hole left by not zipping it all up fully, which is really odd, so I don't use it.

Contents

Soldering

• TS101 Soldering Iron
• Bevel Tip
• Engineer SS-05 Iron Stand & tip cleaner in a screw case that contains a sponge.
• Brass wool solder tip cleaning ball, chopped in half to fit in place of the sponge
• Tube of solder
• Engineer SS-02 Solder Sucker pump.
• Jarkman Industries Third Hand. Made with a 10x5mm Countersunk Magnet, 5/8" (~16mm) ball bearing, an alligator Clip and magnetic washer I found in my hackspace.

Other Tools

• Wera 838 RA S Ratchet Handle. The Wera set with this handle and bits was rather pricey so I bought some separately.

• sourcing map 12 Pcs Phillips Screwdriver Bit Set 1/4" Hex Shank (Amazon affiliate link)

• sourcing map 6pcs Slotted Screwdriver Bit Set (Amazon affiliate link)

• sourcing map 9pcs Ball End Hex Bits (Amazon affiliate link)

• KNIPEX Super Knips Diagonal Cutter, 125mm (7861125)

• "ESD-14" Precision Tweezers (it was cheaper to buy a pack of 7 than one, and I put the one labelled ESD-14 in this kit)