[sdiy] There is no fun analogue chips anymore!

[Matthew Smith]

Quoth Harry Bissell at 29/06/12 21:52...
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> OK you need some pointy (imho curved) tweezers...

Yes! I have found my fine, curved-point, tweezers to be the only really 
"special" tool that I've required.

I'm lucky that, even at rising 45, I can still operate without 
magnification, which I only use for post-soldering inspection. Up to 
now, I have used one of those magnifiers on a boom with a little 
fluorescent light on either side. (Mostly just use it for the lights.)

Following a recent-ish thread, however, I have now acquired a Leica GZ6 
binocular microscope from eBay - ring light should be rocking up Monday. 
As I'm using more 0.5mm pitch parts, with 100+ pins, I thought it was 
probably time I started working with magnification all the way through. 
Especially since my good eyesight won't last forever. (According to the 
depressingly young optometrist I saw last time.)

Be cool if I could find a tool to stop shaky hands ;-)


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