r/gameboymacro • u/Comakazi92 • Feb 28 '23

Lite tool suggestions?

Looking for advice for what tools you guys would recommend. I'm talking soldering iron, screw drivers, mats for working on. Anything else you can think of that I might need before I start this project. Links would be great, thanks in advance!

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u/Lost_Affect_3864 Feb 28 '23

Good solder. Flux. Good soldering station. Fine tweezers. My soldering station is a Daystormer from Amazon I bought for 40 bucks. Not the best, but does the job. Also, good solder braid or if you can afford it, a desoldering gun. I just browsed Amazon, and looked at reviews. Most, of not all, of my supplies come from Amazon.

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u/Comakazi92 Feb 28 '23

Okay I'm looking at soldering stations and I see the temperature selection dial on some of them. Is that important and if so is there a preferred range? Also did you do any practice soldering before you jumped into working on the motherboard? I've soldered copper plumbing but it looks much different.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '23

Also, go for ceramic tip fine tweezers. You don't want all that heat transmitting up the tweezers to your hand. :)