A Power Supply for a Vintage Weller Soldering Iron

Making a small and nice AC power supply for a vintage Weller soldering iron with magnetic temperature control that I got from my friend Alana. The enclosure comes from a 6V DC adjustable power supply for a spectrophotometer light bulb, or something. Made in East Germany (GDR), just like many devices from that time. I found it in an old chemical lab when my friends were squatting it - got some cool stuff from there, but not all I wanted as the squat was evicted, meh. And the transformer? From the friend who gave me all those nixies I went over here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suCi8nMEZXQ This is a loooooong, real time video of making a fabrication and electronic project end to end. Some parts were done off camera (a little correction on the transformer placement, and lab recombobulation - there's a lot of metal filings as a by-product). Other than that, you get the raw uncut building video, with problem solving along the way. "My advice? Use the vise." "If I spot them, I will