Homebrew PCBs

I always thought it was the flux....

On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 10:28 PM, KeepIt SimpleStupid <
keepitsimplestupid@...> wrote:

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> I'll bet it's magnitism.  They make Titanium tweezers for SMD work.
> www.digikey.com.
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> --- On Sun, 10/23/11, Steve <steve65@...> wrote:
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> From: Steve <steve65@...>
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> Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Components stick to tools
> To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Sunday, October 23, 2011, 9:19 PM
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> I've been placing some 0805 SMT components on PCB's this weekend. Use
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> tweezers to place the component and a dental pick to fine tune its
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> position on the board.
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> Often times the component will stick to a leg of the tweezer or to the
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> dental pick. Very annoying to get the component in the right spot and be
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> unable to "let go" of it.
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> What makes it stick? Anything to do to lessen the sticking effect of
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> components to tools? I cleaned the tweezers and dental pick with
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> alcohol, but to no avail.
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> Thanks.
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> Steve K8JQ
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