Stand for Hakko FR-300 desoldering gun by yaddatrance

Last crawled date: 3 years, 1 month ago

I brought a Hakko FR-300 desoldering gun.
It came with a heat shroud for the case and a bent metal standoff for the tip designed to work with the gun on its side (as you can see in one of the pictures above).
The problem is that the sides of the gun is sculpted such that the side is domed out a bit, and the weight is centered on this dome. This effectively turns the gun into an unwieldy and dangerous fidget spinner. The tip standoff is more of a suggestion and the slightest touch sends the gun spinning on its axis.
Hakko does make an upright stand for its soldering pencils (Hakko 633) which also work with the gun, but in practice its not terribly ideal.
This design uses the heat shroud that comes with the gun and holds the gun off the table. After making it, I do want to change the grip mount to encase the grip more so I'll be uploading an improved model when I get a chance.