I agree - I find them totally useless for applying solder. I'd only use them for removing parts. To solder them, clean the pads as described here and solder one end at a time.
On Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 5:24 PM, Scott Stobbe <scott.j.sto...@gmail.com> wrote: > I would not recommend purchasing soldering tweezers without trying them > first. They are not easy to control solder application when mounting a > component. > > I do really like the Weller rt7 knife tip. > > On Sunday, 6 November 2016, Adrian Godwin <artgod...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > SMD parts aren't going to go away. It's worth investing in good tools to > > deal with them and learning the best way to use them. > > > > I'd put tweezers quite high on that list, and although the metcals are > > worthwhile if you can avoid full price, the chinese tweezers are > > surprisingly useful at very low cost. Buy them to explore their > deficiences > > and buy better when you know what you really need. > > > > On Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 4:53 PM, Clint Jay <cjaysh...@gmail.com > > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > > > Heating one end and adding a little solder to the joint will allow you > to > > > lift the cap, the leads are folded over tabs so they'll bend nicely > and > > > allow the cap to lift, once you've got one end lifted, heat the other > > and > > > it will come away easily. > > > > > > Clean up the pads with solder wick then you're good to replace the > part. > > > > > > While I'd like an excuse (and the funds) to buy a pair of tweezers for > > > SMD, I'd find it hard to use that job as an excuse. > > > > > > On 5 Nov 2016 19:12, "Tom Van Baak" <t...@leapsecond.com > <javascript:;>> > > wrote: > > > > > > > See C13 in the attached photo. I need to replace some blown caps on a > > few > > > > boards [1]. In one instance the cap got so hot it melted itself off > the > > > > board. Quiet convenient, actually -- it acts like its own fuse -- > but I > > > > don't think the 5071 designers had that clever feature in mind. > > > > > > > > Having not done SMT before, how should I do it with minimal risk to > the > > > > very precious PCB. Or, what equipment should I use this as a good > > excuse > > > to > > > > buy? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > /tvb > > > > > > > > [0] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078788/quotes > > > > [1] http://leapsecond.com/museum/hp5071a/A1-mother.htm > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com <javascript:;> > > > > 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 <javascript:;> > > > 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 <javascript:;> > > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.