[sdiy] smt parts and magnification

[Roman]

I never used magnifiers, only for quality check of suspicious joints.
When I finally got magnifier lamp I found it disturbing. It made my
eyes hurt and I felt sorta dizzy after a while.
At the tradeshows I've seen something more appropriate. It was
cammera looking at the board and a monitor. With nice LCD one
it could be very nice to work with.

Roman

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daniel Kruszyna" <dan at krue.net>
To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 11:41 PM
Subject: [sdiy] smt parts and magnification


> I decided to do my next board using smt parts, and I must say that
> you can't really get a sense of the scale of things until the parts
> are in your hands. At least I don't need as much space for storage.
> 
> What types of magnifiers do you people use when working with surface
> mount parts? Digikey carries the Luxo brand of magnifier lamps, but
> they look pretty expensive...
> 
> -- Daniel
> 
>