I got one a while back and the thing had a wooden board to set it on, and other heads to go with it,which was okay. The bad thing is it got so hot it burned out the heating coil after about 10 uses. It is nice if you can get it from burning you or from burning out. They do get very hot. In fact mine melted some of the plastic from around the head so I think I would get a small craft iron if I was to get another one, but I won't. It was money not spent well in my book. But that is me.