Hackaday (unofficial) August 11, 2021 12:00pm Practical Print Makes iPad a Magnificent Eye Piece #toolhacks #3dprintable #3dprinted #magnification #magnifier #magnify #soldering #toolbuild #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Practical Print Makes IPad A Magnificent Eye Piece Be it the ever shrinking size of components, the miniscule size of the printing on such pieces, or the steady march of time that makes visits to the optometrist an annual ritual, many of us could u…
Hackaday (unofficial) August 9, 2021 4:00pm So You Can Solder Small SMD Devices. The Question is, Just How Small? #parts #008004 #555 #smd #soldering #solderingchallenge #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 So You Can Solder Small SMD Devices. The Question Is, Just How Small? A highlight of last year’s Hackaday Remoticon was a soldering competition that had teams from around the world came together online and did the well-known MakersBox SMD Challenge kit in which…
Hackaday (unofficial) July 25, 2021 3:00am Solder Bridges Aid Desoldering #toolhacks #desoldering #solder #soldering #throughhole #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Solder Bridges Aid Desoldering As our own Elliot Williams laid out, many people think that soldering is a key skill for electronics, but we don’t as often think about desoldering. Even if you are perfect in your technique,…
Hackaday (unofficial) July 24, 2021 2:00pm Learning to Desolder Gracefully #hackadaycolumns #rants #desoldering #mistakes #newsletter #soldering #teaching #undo #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Learning To Desolder Gracefully When you’re just learning to sketch, you use graphite. Why? It’s cheap, great at training you to recognize different shades, and most of all, it’s erasable. When you’re lear…
Hackaday (unofficial) July 22, 2021 12:00pm Modified 3D-Printer Solders Through-Hole Components #3dprinterhacks #extruder #fixturing #gantry #smt #solderbot #soldering #throughhole #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Modified 3D-Printer Solders Through-Hole Components Surface-mount technology has been a fantastic force multiplier for electronics in general and for hobbyists in particular. But sometimes you’ve got no choice but to use through-hole component…
Hackaday (unofficial) June 9, 2021 9:00am Old DSLR Lens Becomes Useful Soldering Magnifier #toolhacks #dslr #magnifier #soldering #solderingmicroscope #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Old DSLR Lens Becomes Useful Soldering Magnifier Soldering tiny stuff is hard, if not impossible, without some optical assistance. [Ad_w00000] was having just this problem, so built himself a soldering magnifier to help. The magnifier uses a vari…