Our gift suggestions for the maker geek in your life, from Soldering Stations to 3D printers.

Maker Geek Gift Guide

Zeny SMD Soldering Station ($80)

• Iron temp: 200-480c
• Hot Air temp: 100-480c
• 10lbs
• Multiple Tips
• Voltage Meter
• Amp Meter
• DC Power Supply

Digital and Totally adjustable Aven Circuit Board Holder ($13)

Raspberry Pi 2 Model B ($38)

• 900 Mhz quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 (8x Performance of the original)
• 1GB of Memory (4x of the original)

Official Raspberry Pi Foundation 7" Touchscreen LCD Display ($99 -- But should be sub $60)

• 7" 800 x480
• 10-point capacitive Multi-touch
• Comes with an adapter board that powers the display (from Micro-USB) and converts the parallel output from the touch sensor on the display, to the serial port on the RasPi My Dremel Tool!

Let's Make a Clean Box

1. A Box
2. Tape
3. Saran Wrap Dremel Vacuum Rotary Tool ($30)
   • Connects to a 1-1/4" Shop Vac -- I would suggest a 12 gallon, 6hp Shop Vac

Dremel 4200 Corded Rotary Took Kit: Platinum Edition ($184)

• 1.6 Amp motor // 7ft cord
• 5,000-35,000 rpm
• 2-year warranty
• The Platinum Edition comes with:
  • 77 Tools
  • Carrying Case
  • Sells as low as $66 with 36 tools
• The big sell is the keyless chuck
  • No more working your fingers to remove the tool!

Dremel 3D Idea Builder ($900)

• Super Quiet
• Large build platform: 9" x 5.9" x 5.5" * PLA Filaments only (Non-Heated Bed)
• 0.004" layer thickness (100 microns)
• 4GB of Internal Storage
• Up to 32GB of SD Storage
• Color Touch Screen for independent printing.
• No Filament DRM... but you will have to re-wind or setup an external spool
• 1-yr warranty

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