Actually, yes. I also have two USB microscopes, and even some rohs solder and stuff. I just find it's easier to find thru hole stuff when it falls on the floor. Everything wants to go to the lowest potential energy... Don
Volker Esper > > I bought a stereo microscope some days before and I agree with Bob. I > keep building non-RF projects the classical way (through hole) but if it > comes to radio frequency I prefer SMD since high frequency is easier to > handle. Can you tinker with the idea of buying a stereo microscope? It's > absolute fun to easily solder those miniature parts! > > Volker - DF9PL > > > Am 08.02.2013 01:15, schrieb Robert Darlington: >> On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 4:02 PM, Don Latham<d...@montana.com> wrote: >> >> >>> through hole forever :-) >>> Don of the old hands and blurred vision :-) >>> >>> ewkehren >>> >> >> >> I grew out of thru-hole about 10 years ago. My nearly 40 year old >> eyes >> have trouble reading the numbers on 0603 parts for the past few years, >> but >> it's amazingly easy under a stereo microscope. Much faster to stuff >> boards >> with surface mount parts since I don't need to keep flipping them over >> and >> cutting leads. Even folks with very shaky hands can solder up tiny >> surface >> mount parts. The brain is an amazing PID controller. Using a >> microscope >> at 30x means your hands shake at about 1/30th of what they did before. >> >> -Bob >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > -- "Neither the voice of authority nor the weight of reason and argument are as significant as experiment, for thence comes quiet to the mind." De Erroribus Medicorum, R. Bacon, 13th century. "If you don't know what it is, don't poke it." Ghost in the Shell Dr. Don Latham AJ7LL Six Mile Systems LLP 17850 Six Mile Road POB 134 Huson, MT, 59846 VOX 406-626-4304 www.lightningforensics.com www.sixmilesystems.com _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.