[sdiy] SMD rework equipment

[sleepy_dog at gmx.de]

Ha!

And I thought  I'm the only one (besides that lively Aussie dude on YT, 
and one EE friend) who does his QFP (incl. single pins -> wire) and 0603 
soldering with a 3mm chisel tip :-D
And pointy tips *sniff* only for crowded in-case situations. I'm not a 
pro, can only say, for me, this works nicely, and I find pointy tips 
mostly a PITA to work with.

Interesting mention of webcams as cheap microscope replacement here... I 
might want to try that one out. So far I've done things like, put on 
ballistic eye glasses and have my eyes real close to the PCB :-D

Steve

Am 20.05.2016 um 09:04 schrieb Roman Sowa:
> The best iron is the one you are feeling comfortable with. Sharp tips 
> give you access to very dense areas, but they can't give much heat so 
> working on something bigger than 0402 is not so fun. Has it's use only 
> where nonthing else can reach. Regular tip and flux gel make wonders.
> Stereovision microscope is a must. Magnifying glass leads to dizzyness 
> and headaches, cameras introduce lag and noise and are only 2D, also 
> not very nice.
> Also helpful: hot tweezers with set of tips for various tasks, 
> preheater when you have huge board with a lot of copperfill, 
> soldersucker for cleaning holes from solder, solderwick for cleaning 
> SMD pads, and good supply of flux gel, maybe also Kapton tape for 
> protecting near-by-rework area, especially when using hotair gun. And 
> hot air of course, very popular in rework services, but I never used 
> it. Did I mention flux gel?
>
> Roman
>
> W dniu 2016-05-20 o 02:09, Jason Proctor pisze:
>> thanks for the info, all.
>>
>> i have a Weller WTCPT iron, which has been a trusty servant. can i make
>> this iron more suitable for SMT stuff, or are other irons (i see Metcal
>> is popular) just more appropriate?
>>
>> any tips for steadying oldish hands while doing delicate work? i did
>> wonder whether our EMS had a setup where nothing was hand-held. do such
>> arrangements exist?
>>
>> thanks much!
>> Jason
>>
>>
>> On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 4:57 PM, charlie wallace
>> <charlie at finitemonkeys.com <mailto:charlie at finitemonkeys.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Trinocular boom from amscope with usb camera or a mantis from eBay
>>     Metcal from eBay
>>     Solder sucker
>>     Wiha esd tweezer set
>>     Chip quik
>>
>>     On May 19, 2016 4:54 PM, "MTG" <grant at musictechnologiesgroup.com
>>     <mailto:grant at musictechnologiesgroup.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         +1 on the scope, -1 on the USB camera.  And I have exactly the
>>         same situation regarding taking *my* scope to work and back.
>>         They actually have one at work but it has no light.  I use 10x
>>         most of the time on the microscope and rarely x30.  My scope was
>>         not much over $100 USD and I've no complaints.
>>
>>         www.amscope.com <http://www.amscope.com>
>>
>>         GB
>>
>>         On 5/19/2016 4:35 PM, Gordonjcp wrote:
>>
>>
>>             Binocular microscope is great, cheapy USB camera
>>
>>         > microscope is perfectly okay (we use them at work
>>         > when I take *my* binocular microscope home), decent
>>         > non-magnetic tweezers and a good soldering iron with
>>
>>             not too small a point.
>>
>>
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