It's not main main job but I solder 100-150 small boards every month.
Boards are small, usually around 5cmm x 5mm and they mount mainly DIP chips=
..

At the moment I put the chip in place, use adhesive tape to keep it still,
put the pcb in the vise, solder, remove the pcb, put next chip, adhesive
tape... so I spend a lot of time putting and removing the pcb from vise.

I am wondering if anyone has any suggestion to become more productive.

Thanks



On 10 January 2012 18:37, Mike Hord <mike.hord@gmail.com> wrote:

> Are you doing production work or is this strictly for hobbyist/prototype
> work?
>
> I tend to think it would drive me crazy- I THINK that the number of angle=
s
> that I hold my
> solder at while working is large enough that being restricted to one angl=
e
> would be a
> real pain.
>
> Perhaps a better solution would be to invest in a PCB vise?
>
> MikeH
>
> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Cristiano Cesaretto <
> cristiano@cesaretto.it> wrote:
>
> > Hello.
> > What do you guys think about a soldering iron like this one:
> >
> >
> >
> http://www.tme.eu/html/EN/jbc-al-2a-soldering-stations-with-solder-dispen=
ser/ramka_2736_EN_pelny.html
> >
> > It incorporates a solder dispenser and for me it seems the greatest thi=
ng
> > in the world.
> > I think I would save a lot of time with a soldering iron like that: wit=
h
> > one hand I would hold the pcb (usually small) and the component togethe=
r
> > and with the other I would solder the component. At the moment I use
> > adhesive tape to keep the IC on the pcb before I start soldering it.
> >
> > It's quite expensive and I can't find similar models so I deduct they a=
re
> > not very popular.
> >
> > Regards
> > Cristiano
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