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----- Original Message -----
From: "Stefan Trethan" <stefan_trethan@...>
To: <homebrew_pcbs@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2003 5:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Microscopes for assembly


> I have something like that.
> It has x10 and x20, the clearance is, lets call it workable.
> could be more for soldering but better than nothing.
>
> I rarely use it, for soldering i only used it to solder the bridges
> on a amd athlon cpu (to make it faster).
>
> it is no that practical for soldering, my eyesight is quite ok (in close
> range).
> It is quite good for inspecting other things...

Thanks, Stefan. Until I was about 40 my eyesight was OK for that sort of
thing (I'm short-sighted), but it's deteriorated since then. 8-(

Leon
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Leon Heller, G1HSM
Email: aqzf13@...
My low-cost Philips LPC210x ARM development system:
http://www.geocities.com/leon_heller/lpc2104.html