About Me
- I’m a father of 2 special needs children.
- I’ve been repairing and modding electronics for over 20yrs.
- I used to own the Nintendo Homebrew Discord server, now I’m more of an advisory role.
- I love doing this type of stuff and I have the time to do it. That’s why my prices tend to be lower than others.
- I’m the only person allowed to advertise their services on r/3dshacks.
- I enjoy putting USB-C ports into things, I’ve even designed some PCBs for doing it.
- I made “sandwichhax” 😉
- I used to do case mods too.
- I enjoy playing video games.
- Watching movies.
- I do this as a hobby, even the items you can buy are made because I wanted it or was bored.
- After all the crap with my hip, I can’t do much.
- but when you can do something at your own pace, it isn’t too bad. Even if it does take me 3-4x longer to do a system.
- I don’t use Bubble Wrap, I use paper. the bubble mailers I use are composable.
- I have a turtle named Myrtle who is 25yrs old.
- I also have an Albino Sailfin Pleco named Zee.
- My good friend Ghostboy made the character pictures.
- My Discord is @pbanj.
- My Reddit is u/pbanj_, I don’t use this much anymore.
- My Github is @pbanj.
What tools I use.
- Aliexpress links for easy worldwide purchase.
- I use the KSGER C210 Soldering Station. Get “Set 12” it comes with all you’ll need for most devices.
- Mainly use a C210-008 tip, it’s a 1.3mm D tip. I also use a C210 J tip.
- For fluxes I use Mechanic SD360 & Q60. Q60 can go bad, make sure yours isn’t bad when you get it. If it is, get a replacement. It splits and can get chunky when it goes bad, but it’s my favorite flux.
- My hot air station is the Atten ST-862D.
- I use my own custom made purple solder mask. It’s a mix of the Mechanic 3s(SU3) & and RELIFE RL-UVH902* solder mask and a dash of uv resin.
- I use the Mechanic L1 Pro UV Curing Light, I’ve modded mine with a larger battery.
- I use Mechanic S One tip refresh Oil, to clean my tips. It’s like magic. See
- I use MECHANIC Polyimide(kapton) Tape.
- I mainly use Mechanic SR20 Desoldering wick. But MG Chemicals 443 Desoldering Wick #3, & Mechanic. R350 Desoldering wick work great too, R350 in small widths (under 2mm) can fall apart easy though.
- I use various gauges of BNTECHGO magnet wire. 28, 32, & 34.
- I use Forney 1/32″ Lead Solder. Mechanic XT-T100 solder works great too.
- I use Arctic MX-4 Thermal paste, and UPSIREN U6 PRO Thermal Putty.
- I use Artic MX Cleaner Wipes. This is another “works like magic” thing. They do an amazing job. such an amazing job you can’t thermal paste was ever on it. See
- I use the Kaisi K-2208 TubeMate.
- I use the KSGER C210 Soldering Station. Get “Set 12” it comes with all you’ll need for most devices.
