https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07WDCMY57/
You want a silicone soldering mat like this one. You can solder directly on it, unlike the cutting mat. you probably ALSO want the cutting mat tho; for general assembly and repair work the silicone mat is too soft and easily cut.
Ah OK, well in this case I would first a large nice cutting mat.. sorry I was wrong to assume you could solder on them, my bad ![Confused :-//](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/confused0024.gif)
So any particular brand for cutting mats to favour,a place no the interweb to get them ? Or is it just a case of just any one you can find it will do the job, they are all equal quality ?!
https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B07H1GVCBP
You want ceramic tweezers like these. You can solder directly on them with iron or hot air and they don't stick to the solder or the part, unlike the SS ones.
Wow they look fancy ! .. though quite affordable somehow.
Is your link just some random page you pulled, or is it the exact brand you are using yourself ? Don't want to buy random ones and figure out I wasted my money when I receive them and give them a test ride...
If you look for "silicone soldering mat" or "phone repair mat" on your local Amazon, you can usually find a smaller one (like 150mm x 200 or so) for $5-10 delivered Prime.
DO NOT get any of the ones made for baking; they are made very thin, like .5-1.0mm thick. There are some industrial ones that are very good, and usually grey or black, that will be listed as 3-4mm thick as well, but they are harder to find.
If you are willing to wait for the slow boat from China, you can usually find small or large silicone soldering mats from AliEx for $5-15 delivered.
Yes, that is the exact brand/listing of those ceramic tweezers that I bought. Tips are blunt-ground, approx 1mm across, so they're fine enough for 0603 but don't constantly stab you. They have very little lateral deflection, so very rarely do tiny parts go flipping away, and most importantly, the tips coincide perfectly and the inside faces meet perfectly. I can pull a hair off my arm without cutting it. These have quickly become a go-to tool, and both pairs that I bought are almost identically so precise.
Another place you can find these is "vape supply" houses; vape nerds commonly use them to hold "custom wound" heating coils for flame-annealing once formed. There's a whole subculture on these things, very similar to that surrounding LED flashlight modding, etc.
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I realize that a sample size of 2 is hardly representative, but I was blown away by the quality/price ratio.
Cheers,
mnem
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