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From: default on 20 Jan 2010 13:20 On Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:05:09 -0800, John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >On Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:33:43 -0500, default <default(a)defaulter.net> >wrote: > >>On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:58:11 -0800 (PST), electronman99 >><electronman99(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>Dear scielectronicsbasics people, >>> >>>I am 65 and was recently diagnosed with essential tremor. It is not >>>Parkinsons and is not a serious health threat. (Bill Clinton was >>>diagnosed with it a few years ago). Basically it means that my hands >>>shake a little bit. This shaking now makes soldering difficult. What >>>would help me is to find a soldering iron with a short tip. I have a >>>Weller 25 watt, but the tip is over 5 inches long, and, as a result, >>>the end of the tip shakes quite a bit while I'm trying to solder. I >>>have searched the Internet, but cannot seem to find an iron with a >>>short tip. Does anyone know where I can purchase a soldering iron >>>that has a short tip? Thanks. electronman99 >> >>I hear you. >> >>I think we need a "waldo" thingee - massive robotic hands that >>translate the surgeons finger movements into steady sure output. > >I want a stick-on suction-cup pantographic thing that I can stick on >fine-pitch ICs and land tiny probes on the pins or nearby parts. > >John Suction cups that small? I just fixed my old printer - most the time went to replacing the chip resistor I took off during trouble shooting. I ended up putting it in upside down because my first attempts caused the connection on the chip to come off - probably 1 mm square - suction cup? For what its worth - one guy on a forum I frequent claims to be building surface mount circuits by tinning the foils, dropping the parts on, then using a hotplate to re flow the solder over the whole board at one go. --
From: electronman99 on 21 Jan 2010 13:06 On Jan 20, 10:20 am, default <defa...(a)defaulter.net> wrote: > On Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:05:09 -0800, John Larkin > > > > > > <jjlar...(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: > >On Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:33:43 -0500, default <defa...(a)defaulter.net> > >wrote: > > >>On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:58:11 -0800 (PST), electronman99 > >><electronma...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > >>>Dear scielectronicsbasics people, > > >>>I am 65 and was recently diagnosed with essential tremor. It is not > >>>Parkinsons and is not a serious health threat. (Bill Clinton was > >>>diagnosed with it a few years ago). Basically it means that my hands > >>>shake a little bit. This shaking now makes soldering difficult. What > >>>would help me is to find a soldering iron with a short tip. I have a > >>>Weller 25 watt, but the tip is over 5 inches long, and, as a result, > >>>the end of the tip shakes quite a bit while I'm trying to solder. I > >>>have searched the Internet, but cannot seem to find an iron with a > >>>short tip. Does anyone know where I can purchase a soldering iron > >>>that has a short tip? Thanks. electronman99 > > >>I hear you. > > >>I think we need a "waldo" thingee - massive robotic hands that > >>translate the surgeons finger movements into steady sure output. > > >I want a stick-on suction-cup pantographic thing that I can stick on > >fine-pitch ICs and land tiny probes on the pins or nearby parts. > > >John > > Suction cups that small? I just fixed my old printer - most the time > went to replacing the chip resistor I took off during trouble > shooting. I ended up putting it in upside down because my first > attempts caused the connection on the chip to come off - probably 1 mm > square - suction cup? > > For what its worth - one guy on a forum I frequent claims to be > building surface mount circuits by tinning the foils, dropping the > parts on, then using a hotplate to re flow the solder over the whole > board at one go. > --- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Thanks for all your suggestions re: soldering and essential tremor. I am searching for a Metcal dealer in my area. The Metcal irons look short enough to work for my needs.
From: steamer on 21 Jan 2010 14:03 --FWIW I've got similar problems and what I do is try to hook my little finger around someting solid like a bar clamped near the work; this helps quite a bit. It's sort of like holding two chopsticks.. -- "Steamboat Ed" Haas : To help the helpless Hacking the Trailing Edge! : To comfor the fearful... www.nmpproducts.com ---Decks a-wash in a sea of words---
From: bob haller on 21 Jan 2010 17:39 On Jan 21, 2:03�pm, steamer <stea...(a)sonic.net> wrote: > � � � � --FWIW I've got similar problems and what I do is try to hook my > little finger around someting solid like a bar clamped near the work; this > helps quite a bit. It's sort of like holding two chopsticks.. > > -- > � � � � "Steamboat Ed" Haas � � � � : �To help the helpless � > � � � � Hacking the Trailing Edge! �: �To comfor the fearful... > � � � � � � � � � � � � �www.nmpproducts.com > � � � � � � � � � �---Decks a-wash in a sea of words--- I have been like this my entire life, I am 52 years old now but that way in high school electronics:( The following make it worse, stress, hurrying, pressed for time, havent eaten lately, anyone watching:( the smaller the item the worse it is:(
From: steamer on 21 Jan 2010 17:50
bob haller <hallerb(a)aol.com> wrote: >The following make it worse, stress, hurrying, pressed for time, >havent eaten lately, anyone watching:( the smaller the item the worse >it is:( --Add to that coffee and caffeinated sodas.. -- "Steamboat Ed" Haas : To help the helpless Hacking the Trailing Edge! : To comfor the fearful... www.nmpproducts.com ---Decks a-wash in a sea of words--- |