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Regards,

Steve Maroney
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From: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of KeepIt SimpleStupid
Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2011 10:28 PM
To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Components stick to tools



I'll bet it's magnitism. They make Titanium tweezers for SMD work. www.digikey.com.

--- On Sun, 10/23/11, Steve <steve65@...<mailto:steve65%40suddenlink.net>> wrote:

From: Steve <steve65@...<mailto:steve65%40suddenlink.net>>
Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Components stick to tools
To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com<mailto:Homebrew_PCBs%40yahoogroups.com>
Date: Sunday, October 23, 2011, 9:19 PM



I've been placing some 0805 SMT components on PCB's this weekend. Use

tweezers to place the component and a dental pick to fine tune its

position on the board.

Often times the component will stick to a leg of the tweezer or to the

dental pick. Very annoying to get the component in the right spot and be

unable to "let go" of it.

What makes it stick? Anything to do to lessen the sticking effect of

components to tools? I cleaned the tweezers and dental pick with

alcohol, but to no avail.

Thanks.

Steve K8JQ

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