[sdiy] Humans are not Becoming Smaller (was: SMD comming your way)

[Sten Björnebro]

On Mon, 30 May 2005 04:35:00 -0400
"nN AAt     e     e" <timexheater at comcast.net> wrote:

Hi.

> > For the record...I for one will NOT be doing anything as small as SMD for
> a
> > reason already touched on--eyesight. If someone wants to buy me a
> low-power
> 
>     i'm not afraid to do SMD stuff anymore [i'm happy to consider myself
> just good enough to solder them :) ]... it's just i blame eyesight as
> well... I'M 19! i'm nearsighted, but i'm finding more and more i need a good
> light to do up close work, so now i've got that problem tacked on to the
> fact that i have to get a new distance perscription every 10 months!
> 
> it's not loud music killing my hearing, it's bright colored painting and
> electronics work killing my vision!

When you by a good lamp and a good vision magnifier you will discower a new world in macro.

Like this Head Band Magnifiers.
http://www.emsdiasum.com/microscopy/products/magnifier/illuminating.aspx#68105

Or even better a stereo microscope.
http://uk.farnell.com/jsp/endecaSearch/partDetail.jsp?SKU=3966537&N=401  for 400£ and have zoom.

My son with light doing it more easy.
http://ebs.homedns.org/tools/light/pict0587.jpg

Here is a Video soldering i did. http://ebs.homedns.org/film/pict1778.avi
I whill do more video in ner future to tell how to do SMD Small Mount Device.

Happy soldering.
// Sten Björnebro
> 
> - nate
>