<div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"></div></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, May 9, 2026 at 7:00 AM rrsounds via Synth-diy <<a href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org" target="_blank">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)" dir="auto">I don’t think anyone does SMD soldering without some form (or, my case, forms) of magnification.</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)" dir="auto"></blockquote><div dir="auto"><br></div></div><div><div dir="auto">Well maybe I'm the exception? I have not found a comfortable and usable form of magnification for the soldering itself. Doing 0805 and soic I generally haven't had any trouble without, despite being very nearsighted all my life. I do have a headset magnifier and a desktop USB microscope but they're for inspection not soldering.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)" dir="auto"><br>
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