Reddit reviews X-Tronic Model #3040-XR3-75 Watt Soldering Station - LED Display, C/F Switch, 10 Minute Sleep Function, Iron Holder w/Brass Tip Cleaner, Cleaning Flux Plus 5 Extra Solder Tips

Well, the easiest would probably be to buy one prebuilt. Making keyboards isn't very hard, however you need a few items such as a Soldering iron, and solder (of course), as well as a source for your own switches.

If you would like a prebuilt option of this keyboard, you can get one from here: https://kbdfans.myshopify.com/collections/keyboard/products/tada68-mechanical-keyboard-gateron-swtich-65-layout-dye-sub-keycaps-cherry-profils?variant=34710238797

A kit that you build can be found here: https://kbdfans.myshopify.com/collections/keyboard/products/tada68-keyboard-diy-kit

There is also the option of sourcing directly from China, however this may seem tedious. You can find these prebuilt, and in kits on https://world.taobao.com, however they can not be bought directly from the site, and you would need to go through an agent such as https://www.superbuy.com.

The main benefit to building a board yourself is that you can use whatever switch you want, rather than picking from a few different options. This board in particular does not support any other layouts aside from the standard 65% shown. I will say that the prebuilt options for this board are great for a first board. From the site I linked, you can choose from various Gateron switches. They are "cheaper" cherry MX clones, however they are sometimes considered better than their "genuine cherry" counterparts. They are very smooth, so are overall nicer to type on, however some report that the switches are a tad wobblier (which means that keys may shift more than on cherry mx). This often is not noticeable however, and Gateron are overall very good and cost effective switches.

If you would like to build, like I said you will need a soldering iron, solder, and switches for this board. The keycaps that come with this board are superb. Great feel, and great quality PBT. Of course you can change these later on as I have, but the ones they come with are fantastic.

You can find cheap soldering irons pretty much anywhere, be it local stores like walmart or homedepot etc, or online shops like amazon. You don't need to spend a lot of money on these, however if you're okay with spending a bit more, there are irons that allow you to control temperature like this one (that I use myself, and find to work great): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0725GYLVH/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

For solder, you will need either 60/40, or 63/37 leaded solder. I use https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01IQN8PDG/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1. Leaded solder is generally a lot easier to work with than lead free.

Switches can be found from many vendors in our community. Here are just a few that people often use:
https://kbdfans.myshopify.com/collections/swtich

https://www.novelkeys.xyz/product-category/switches/

https://mehkee.com/collections/switches-and-parts

There are MANY options to choose from as far as switches go, so I recommend grabbing a switch tester from https://www.novelkeys.xyz/product-category/switchtesters/ to help you decide. You can decide from a very wide variety of options to place in each slot from here.

I believe that is everything that you really need to know, aside from knowledge about actually soldering. For this, I suggest searching up basic soldering tutorials on youtube, and also find some keyboard build logs of people putting together their boards. Really it's quite easy, but this was a lot of information to take in I'm sure. Hope this was helpful, let me know if you have any more questions or if i wasn't clear enough about something. :)

I just upgraded to one of these Such a solid iron, heats up crazy fast too.

I got this one as a Father's Day gift and I've been very happy with it.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0725GYLVH/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I literally just bought the upgraded model of the one you linked. I purchased this one

I really wanted to buy the Hakko 888D but I couldn't justify spending twice the price right now.

I got mine yesterday and I set it up and testing it out. For just a first impression, I'm very impressed. My 2 year old 40w Weller takes 3-4 times longer to hear up. You can see the actual temperature of the tip as it's heating up/cooling down. It heats up quickly and having the ability to control the temperature of the tip is awesome. Also the one I purchased includes a three year warranty vs the 1 year warranty of the one you linked and based on their responses to bad reviews on Amazon they seem committed to honoring their warranty.

I don't know anything about toddler safety as I don't have kids but I honestly wouldn't use this with them around. I even get nervous if my cat gets interested in what I'm doing when I have the iron on. What I did do however was mount both the temp control unit and the iron holder to the table I'm using them on with some strong double sided tape from 3M.