Soldering on the light table is very safe, the light table does not absorb any heat from the soldering iron, and any solder that falls immediately solidifies on contact with the glass.Able to set glass on top of the pattern and cut directly on the light table, no need to cut pieces of paper and glue it to the glass.It's HUGE! But it takes up almost NO space flat against the wall.The more I have used this table, the more uses I have found for it: I originally used scrap wood as front legs, but found the shop cart system works a lot better. I found that if I mount the table just above the height of a shop cart, the shop cart can act as a base for the table. The light table attaches to shelf brackets mounted on the wall and folds flat for storage.