[time-nuts] surface mount (was PICTIC II Parts from Mouser)

[David Martindale]

You'll probably also find that your fine motor control improves a bunch when
you can actually *see* what you are doing in 3D.  I got a stereo microscope
a year or two ago, and I'm amazed at how finely I can control the tip of a
pair of tweezers or a knife point or soldering iron under the microscope.
It works much better than trying to do the same thing with a one-eyed
magnifier like a loupe, partly because a microscope gives you more working
distance, but mostly because of the full 3D view of what you're doing.

My first stereo microscope was a surplus AO 40 that cost $100, so being able
to see what you're doing doesn't have to be expensive.

     Dave

On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Chuck Harris <cfharris at erols.com> wrote:

> Stanley,
>
> Your brain will do an excellent job of translating your finger
> motion to the micro motions necessary to move surface mount parts
> around with tweezers.  Barring disease, the usual solution to finger
> jitter is to keep tweezers pressure light, and lay off the coffee.
>
> Even if you do jitter a bit, there are many tricks you can use to
> keep it to a minimum.  I use the little finger on my tweezers hand
> as a balance point for my hand.  Just the act of having it touch the
> stage, or board removes all of the jitter.
>
>