At 06:42 AM 2/8/2015, Isaac Marino Bavaresco wrote: >"Proper" feeders are very expensive. >This machine > >uses a clever solution that gives the benefits of "proper" feeders=20 >(except for some loss of performance, which is totally acceptable)=20 >with almost zero cost. I have what I think is a smaller version of that machine. There is a=20 good chance the machine on aliexpress came from the same factory as mine. My machine has 28 feeders and I find that just isn't enough. The=20 reason I say that is because it takes several minutes to load one=20 single reel onto the feed rack and thread the tape and get the=20 plastic tape cover loaded onto the peel spool. That said: the machine works *very* well. No vision but it uses=20 dead-reckoning positioning and it is *accurate*. Just like the=20 professional P&P machines from years gone by. I'd like more than 28 feeders because I do so much analog work. That=20 means that I use lots of odd-value resistors (E24 & E96 series) as=20 well as lots of capacitor values. Generally speaking, 28 feeders has been enough to do one board. But=20 it takes too much time to vhange reels on the machine. A machine=20 that had double or triple the number of feeders would suit me nicely. On the other hand, if someone is doing mostly digital work, a machine=20 similar to mine would work very well. dwayne --=20 Dwayne Reid Trinity Electronics Systems Ltd Edmonton, AB, CANADA (780) 489-3199 voice (780) 487-6397 fax www.trinity-electronics.com Custom Electronics Design and Manufacturing --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .