EMRFD Message Archive 7775

Message	Date	From	Subject
7775	2012-09-13 14:16:19	pauldebono@rocket...	SMD jig
I am looking for a home made or commercial smd jig to hold an smd component in place for soldering . Any ideas please
7776	2012-09-13 15:33:15	peter oesterle	Re: SMD jig
A small touch of crazy glue applied with the tsharp tip of a wooden toothpick works for me , down to a certain size anyway. 73 pete ve3hoh/w3 To: emrfd@yahoogroups.com From: pawlud@gmail.com Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 21:16:18 +0000 Subject: [emrfd] SMD jig I am looking for a home made or commercial smd jig to hold an smd component in place for soldering . Any ideas please [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
7777	2012-09-13 16:14:35	Kerry	Re: SMD jig
I use a microscope and a small skewer/toothpick; the skewers come in a plastic case like a salt-shaker with perhaps 50 or 100 in the case. The skewers are about 2.5 mm diameter; they are bamboo but wood would work the same; http://i45.tinypic.com/2s17o77.jpg I snip the tip off with wire-cutters to make a "foot" at about 45 degrees; http://i47.tinypic.com/34dnb5k.jpg The angle is just right for pressing-down on the component with the skewer held in my left hand. The slight "roughness" of the bamboo (wood would be the same) helps to hold the component; smooth metal tools can slip and flick the component away. I use other tools such as tweezers sharpened & stoned to have pointed & flat tips, a variety of scalpels and a sewing needle adapted to fit a hobby-knife ("Exacto") handle but the skewer is my usual tool. I haven't used this clever tool but it looks very good; http://www.users.on.net/~endsodds/sm.htm
7778	2012-09-13 20:47:11	AD7ZU	Re: SMD jig
a couple of hints i have read about, tried and would recommend:   1.  add a touch of wax to the tip of the skewer or toothpick and you can select and lift smd parts into place beeswax seems sticker than paraffin and works better for me...but either will work.   2.  work over a shallow pan like a cookie sheet to keep all the small parts close in case you drop one, sneeze, or in general lose one.  tape white paper to the bottom of the pan so you can see them easier...since most are black.    Randy AD7ZU ________________________________
7787	2012-09-17 11:30:39	w5ida	Re: SMD jig
7790	2012-09-18 08:41:23	f2dc2003	Re: SMD jig
Have a look at my home made SMD holding tool : http://roland.cordesses.free.fr/holdtool.html 73 Roland F2DC
7791	2012-09-18 10:27:48	ve7cqy	Re: SMD jig
I copied one from someone else's design shown at a conference a while back. See below. It's hardly required for the current "boat anchor" I'm working
7792	2012-09-18 11:14:00	bobtbobbo	Re: SMD jig
I built the SMD jig described in QST, July, 2000, pp 56-57, by K1BQT. It is all one piece and adapts to most SMD soldering situations. Never needed anything else. Good luck. Bob, K1AO
7793	2012-09-18 13:17:14	N7gtb	Re: SMD jig
Not sure if anyone has mentioned this yet (please excuse if so), but Bob Miller -KE6F described one for QST not too long ago...called "The Beast" -73, Vern - N7GTB Sent from my iPhone
7804	2012-09-21 19:51:55	Reginald Beardsle...	Re: SMD jig
Very nice! ---