He had one of those cheap desktop fume extractors but it just wasn’t doing the trick. So after being inspired by the countless DIY fume hoods, like this one, he decided to try his hand at it.

Let’s be honest, commercially-available soldering fume extractors are cheap enough that you probably don’t need to build one yourself. But it still makes for a good starter project ...

1. Use glass pipettes with bulbs for all pipeting. 2. In the fume hood, pour small amounts of the reagents to be used (except BF 3) into clean glass scintillation vials and label properly and leave ...