I'm looking to get a PCB holder for soldering work and wonder has anyone used anything that they can recommend.
Not keen on the crocodile clips ones.
What I'm after really is the most efficient way of stuffing/soldering a PCB.
What would the pros use before machines got involved?
Am I right in thinking the best way would be to have a holder that you can stuff a lot of components into.. hold components with sponge or something. Then flip it over. Solder and clip legs of all of them?
Is something like this any good would you say? **broken link removed**
It's a PCB holder with a sponge that clamps on components so you can flip & solder
In my case 75% of component soldering is surface mount so there is no flipping and the top of my work table has been just fine.
Then again one never miss what he never had!
In my case 75% of component soldering is surface mount so there is no flipping and the top of my work table has been just fine.
Then again one never miss what he never had!
Ah, haven't took the plunge into surface mount yet so all is through hole.
Just really wondering how to cut down soldering/stuffing time. Thinking a holder would be a major help
Hi, yeah, I've been looking at them. With those, what do people use once they've stuffed 40 resistors or so before flipping to solder? Better solution than masking tape? I like the sponge solution that the RS one have.
you can make your own soldering frame cheap using a few aluminum profiles (one slideable to adapt to different board sizes) with notches to take up the PCB.
To cover the PCB and hold pieces (of any height) in place use a strong aluminum sheet as lid and glue foam of at least 1 inch thickness to it.
When closed, flip the frame over and start soldering.
The frame I had was made by Isert Elektronic (now Isel automation). I sent an inquiry if they have the frame still on sale. It looked similar to that in post 11, but with the lid and foam on the component side to have it flip over to hold components in place while soldering.
That example shown is hard to modify because of the high produding srews on top. They must be low enough not to interfere with the holding action of the foam.
Other than the one posted this frame was tilted towards the "worker" when soldering and straight and level when looking on the components.
The tilt angle was achieved by the handle mounted onto the lid.
It was definitely much lower than US$175 which I think smells like rip off.
Additionally that one is much too bulky - almost as strong as an oil rig.
The profiles were not more than 10mm and sliding M3-nuts in slots.