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[rdl]

Didn't really need it, but at $31.99 shipped I'll find a use for it.

[BravoV]

Few new & used RF stuffs ...

[Terry01]

These wee things arrived today! They will come in very handy I think.

I got one of these for opening iPhones:

You going for the record of opening the most in 1 go i take it? lol 

[Terry01]

These arrived today! 

[Terry01]

Oh...and I forgot this a couple days ago....well handy for stripping components off a board! Anyone doing a lot of de-soldering should invest in 1!!

Totally agree

1 strange thing that has happened since I got it is...I was stripping heat sinks from a board a couple days ago and the gun was just fitting over the large solder pins with very little to spare. I go yesterday to strip the rest of the stuff off and the damn thing won't fit over the pins any more! It's the same pins, same heat sinks, same boards and same everything....AARRGGHHH!! 

Very strange!

[DC1MC]

Got a gadzillion of M3 brass posts and the Conrad coaxial inserts for the Efratom FRS Rubidium oscillator. One is supposed to be crimping mode one is solder mode, wonder which one is which  .

 Cheers,
 DC1MC

[Iwanushka]

Oh...and I forgot this a couple days ago....well handy for stripping components off a board! Anyone doing a lot of de-soldering should invest in 1!!

Totally agree

1 strange thing that has happened since I got it is...I was stripping heat sinks from a board a couple days ago and the gun was just fitting over the large solder pins with very little to spare. I go yesterday to strip the rest of the stuff off and the damn thing won't fit over the pins any more! It's the same pins, same heat sinks, same boards and same everything....AARRGGHHH!! 

Very strange!

Those tips are kinda one time use in my case most of them get double in diameter after a good days use, at least they cost peanuts

[Specmaster]

Oh...and I forgot this a couple days ago....well handy for stripping components off a board! Anyone doing a lot of de-soldering should invest in 1!!

Totally agree

1 strange thing that has happened since I got it is...I was stripping heat sinks from a board a couple days ago and the gun was just fitting over the large solder pins with very little to spare. I go yesterday to strip the rest of the stuff off and the damn thing won't fit over the pins any more! It's the same pins, same heat sinks, same boards and same everything....AARRGGHHH!! 

Very strange!

Those tips are kinda one time use in my case most of them get double in diameter after a good days use, at least they cost peanuts

Haha, it turned out to be nothing other some solder that had coated the internal bore of the tip and hardened, passing the cleaning rod though it a couple of times cured it perfectly. I'd be a bit concerned if the tips didn't last really, they aren't that cheap for mine. 

[Iwanushka]

Check tme.eu for tips up to 1eur a pop or evita.lt here it was half price last time I got them (they used to ship everywhere in EU, if they don't I can help with that)

[Terry01]

I had a look and can't find the ones for the machine I have. I found them on ebay for £5 a pop from Spain!

[Specmaster]

Check tme.eu for tips up to 1eur a pop or evita.lt here it was half price last time I got them (they used to ship everywhere in EU, if they don't I can help with that)

Well knock me over with a feather, you're right they are super cheap and I might have to take a few of those off their hands. Thanks for the offer of assistance if they don't ship to the UK, but I don't think thats going a to be a problem as the site understands I'm in the UK and adjusts the prices over to GBP so it all looks good, nice one. 

[djos]

Doesn't look very useful for soldering parts. I have one of these, and I really like it:



Called "Weller Bestückungsrahmen", if someone wants to buy it. The small version I have costs less than EUR 60.

I like the little arm for holding components in place, boy could I have used that feature a lot lately! 

Looks like it's designed to absorb excess heat from the component too, very clever idea!

[beanflying]

I like the little arm for holding components in place, boy could I have used that feature a lot lately! 

Looks like it's designed to absorb excess heat from the component too, very clever idea!

Already planning an arm mod to my cheap knockoff one of those stands 

[McBryce]

Doesn't look very useful for soldering parts. I have one of these, and I really like it:



Called "Weller Bestückungsrahmen", if someone wants to buy it. The small version I have costs less than EUR 60.

I like the little arm for holding components in place, boy could I have used that feature a lot lately! 

Looks like it's designed to absorb excess heat from the component too, very clever idea!

That arm is to hold thru-pin parts in place when you flip the board over to solder the pins, it doesn’t really provide any meaningful thermal Absorption.

McBryce.

[FrankBuss]

That arm is to hold thru-pin parts in place when you flip the board over to solder the pins, it doesn’t really provide any meaningful thermal Absorption.

Right, I used this to solder the DIP socket and MIDI connectors when I sold my C64 Kerberos MIDI cartridge:



because additional cost for through-hole assembly is costly when you produce it in Germany. But I guess it is resistant to high temperature, because it doesn't melt or smoke, even if you solder pin headers, which is really nice with this frame, because no burnt finger nails anymore, especially when you try to solder one pin

[djos]

That arm is to hold thru-pin parts in place when you flip the board over to solder the pins, it doesn’t really provide any meaningful thermal Absorption.

Right, I used this to solder the DIP socket and MIDI connectors when I sold my C64 Kerberos MIDI cartridge:



because additional cost for through-hole assembly is costly when you produce it in Germany. But I guess it is resistant to high temperature, because it doesn't melt or smoke, even if you solder pin headers, which is really nice with this frame, because no burnt finger nails anymore, especially when you try to solder one pin

Nice.

I generally use electrical tape to hold TH components in place when the PCB is upside down, however it has issues like softening. I might try kapton tape in future.

[Addicted2AnalogTek]

I know it's not electronics related, but it's got me giddy.....

Some of the parts for an LS1 Iron Block build that I'm partaking in:

LS7 lifters, LS2 lifter trays, Melling performance oil pump, new timing set, hardened chromoly pushrods, Elgin E-1839-P camshaft, degreeing wheel..

Too many upgraded parts to list!!! Entire valvetrain, pistons, racing bearings, etc all upgraded/new!

Needless to say.... I'M EXCITED!! 450 WHP on N/A LS1, here we come!! 

[tautech]

I know it's not electronics related, but it's got me giddy.....

Some of the parts for an LS1 Iron Block build that I'm partaking in:

LS7 lifters, LS2 lifter trays, Melling performance oil pump, new timing set, hardened chromoly pushrods, Elgin E-1839-P camshaft, degreeing wheel..

Too many upgraded parts to list!!! Entire valvetrain, pistons, racing bearings, etc all upgraded/new!

Needless to say.... I'M EXCITED!! 450 WHP on N/A LS1, here we come!!

Yummy stuff, have fun. 

[bsudbrink]

Nothing like lots of bright shiny precision machined metal.   What's it going in?  Or is it just going to sit in the shop making noise and looking pretty?

[Jeroen3]

I bought an expensive version of DaveCAD. Does that count?
Went all in and got the fancy Pencil as well. I still can't figure out how it works.

But I like it, the mix between PC and Phone. Now I can make quick digital drawings, I hope.
Anyone know of good drawing apps for engineering perhaps?

[Addicted2AnalogTek]

Nothing like lots of bright shiny precision machined metal.   What's it going in?  Or is it just going to sit in the shop making noise and looking pretty?

The #6 oil ring sheared off and gouged the cylinder wall, so the "old" aluminum block with it's 55K miles is the new garage wall ornament... the fresh build is going back into the '01 F body Camaro, or at least that's the plan at the moment.  My buddy has been tossing around the idea of converting it to carb and sticking it in a Miata or S2000 body, but I don't see that happening right away.  It'll more than likely stay in the F-body, which will get a new stall converter (yes.. it's an automatic... E40D) and Ford 8.8" or 9" rear end swap in the near future.   

We're curious to see whether the car is going to want to lurch forward at idle with the 112 LSA camshaft and Wilwood ABS delete since the new stall converter isn't happening until later. Other than replacing some fuel injector connectors, the only electronics related work I've done on that car is to pull the ABS indicator LED from the instrument cluster!! We're running a mail order tune on it until we can secure some dyno time after break-in...  Do any of the LS gearheads reading this have any recommendations for US based mail order tunes??

I can't wait though... to top off the greatness, we're painting it burnt copper and leaving the LS6 intake OEM black.. It's gonna be sexxxxxxxy!!

Heading over to the garage now to install the camshaft, timing set, oil pump, and heads!!

[TerraHertz]

All that work, and an automatic? I don't understand, why would you do that?

[beanflying]

All that work, and an automatic? I don't understand, why would you do that?

Auto's are an up sell when new  I was buying a 98 WRX and had no amount of trouble getting one as a manual.

Spring component of the soldering arm installed while waiting for the coffee machine to warm up 

[larrybl]

Yard sell find for $2.00 US. Plan to play with this with my Grandson, but I don't think we will build more than a couple circuits before he is bored. Question? This is almost mint, so any value? I do know someone that said he had the exact one when he was a kid in the 90's. What should I ask for it?

[Elasia]

Just got that new magnetic pcb holder.. works great, tossed on the first thing i found in the junk box

doesn't move at all on my esd soldering rubber and paired nicely with an andonstar 302 i picked up for cheap