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| Soldering: Holding stuff to the PCB |
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| Mr. Scram:
Blu Tack works well enough. I prefer it over bending the leads as you retain full control over where those go. You need to be mindful about the stuff heating up and losing adhesion though. |
| austfox:
Whilst we are on the subject, Weller make a PCB holder which has an extendable arm that holds components in place. Ocassionally I see them on special and have toyed with the idea of getting one, but up to now haven't. Does anyone here own / use one and find they work well? |
| Gregg:
Self closing tweezers like these: https://www.amazon.com/Fiber-Cross-Tweezers-Closing-Straight/dp/B078ZMGVR5 |
| bson:
Most of the time I just put a small wood block under the part I'm soldering to avoid marring the ESD mat. For more complex needs I use a Panavise. 301 clamp on a 312 base. (For SMD a board holder that holds it level, but those don't need constant flipping or adjusting like TH.) |
| PA4TIM:
In my case it is board repair and they vary from very small tot very big. I have not found a system yet that is usable for all. I made several but non of them are truly universal and if it is close it becomes to complex. This one turns out to be very usable for flat PCB's to measure on but soldering on thew underside is not always handy because the rod in the middel. It is versatile, the rods make it flip-able but turned out to be also handy to hold non rectangular boards (slipping rubber or plastic disks over the rod to fill the space) See: http://www.pa4tim.nl/?p=5775 Also used a glue-clamp (if that is the right term) http://www.pa4tim.nl/?p=5283 that worked well but is a bit bulky. I also made these : http://www.pa4tim.nl/?p=5521 Worked very well but to bulky because I often have rather big things on the bench and I have not much room to put it elswhere in the meantime My now most used fixtures are two adjustable mini jacks used for things like milling. I have no picture here but they are the same idea as the ones in this video only bigger and not magnetic. I clamp the pcb edge between the adjustable part and base. https://youtu.be/DNnhfOGhRDM |
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