Gridfinity Spring Soldering iron Stand W/ Tips

Many all in one kits include the spring style soldering iron stand, however, I found the sheet metal base on mine to be quite unstable and prone to sliding around. After trying hot glue as a temporary hold down I got fed up and designed this using Zack Freedman's Gridfinity templates. I initially designed it to just have tip storage, but it was kind of extreme to have storage for 32 tips, (all you need is one, am I right?) so I replaced half of it with a pocket for your brass wool solder tip cleaner. The convienent cut out allows you to go in at an angle if desired and helps to prevent your iron from melting the print.

I personally suggest using magnets on this as it is easy to bump and tip over. This is super convienent for portable soldering stations as you can stack it on the Gridfinity compatable soldering station I have designed, which I will update this post with as soon as I have the design finalized.

For those who would like to download this stand, but don't have the cheap soldering iron stand, here is an amazon link to a fairly priced listing with copper wool.

https://www.amazon.com/AMZQWE-Soldering-Holders-Support-Cleaning/dp/B09X9MVFPL/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=2M9KHG2AO0ZWA&keywords=soldering+iron+stand&qid=1670191942&sprefix=soldering+iron+stand%2Caps%2C129&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUFVVEJKRk9ZSTNJQkQmZW5jcnlwdGVkSWQ9QTA0MjkyOTYySVBaNUZJV044N0pCJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTA1OTMwODExQ0szVlFIMjA3Uk5DJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==

For those new to Gridfinity and its entire ecosystem I recommend you watch the original video from the man himself which will get you started with the basics.

And for more inspiration and a good selection of community made storage blocks you can follow up with this video.

Thank you to Zack Freedman at Voidstar Lab for designing and releasing such a versatile and open source organizing system.