also don't try to keep you hands in position without support. always support your hands by your forearms on the edge of the worksurface or better yet with your wrists on something like bean bags closer to the work. stability rulz!
73 jim ab3cv On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 3:03 PM, Jim Miller <j...@jtmiller.com> wrote: > put a small bump of solder on one end of the existing cap. pick up the new > cap with a toothpick that has been coated with a bit of beeswax from the > sewing store. > > by just touching the toothpick to the top of the new cap it should adhere > and allow you to gently place it on the existing device. heat the end with > the solder blob to tack the new cap in place. solder the other end. reheat > the first end briefly if necessary to make a nice joint. > > 73 > > jim ab3cv > > On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 2:56 PM, <ejk...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Received my KBPF3 mod kit for LF today. Caps are very small. This might >> be my first SMD, at least this tiny, work. With as big a magnify glass >> that I can find I can see the caps and after some effort get them on top of >> the existing caps but I can not get them to stay there. I have tried every >> small tweezers I can find, even very small ones from a little Swiss army >> knife, no luck. Any suggestions on how to keep them there would be >> appreciated. Thank you 73 >> Emory WM3M >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to j...@jtmiller.com >> > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
