tflnemesis
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Hi All,
I was playing a bit with one of my new toys;
and my sister popped round for a visit. After watching me struggle a bit when trying to remove some components from a PCB (printed circuit board) because I just had it flat on the table I was struggling to get underneath to remove the parts I was trying to salvage she says surely there must be a better way...
She jumps onto google and starts showing me pics of PCB holders. ATM I am just practising with heat levels etc and have managed to destroy a few bits trying to remove them but all the stuff I am practising on is scrap anyway.
This is the style that seemed best for my purposes only about £15 from ebay. SWMBO said she would get me one, but I decided it would make a nice little project.
So after a few hours I have come up with this:
The chipboard is some i had left over from boarding the loft, 1 edge already has slot in it for tongue and groove joints. The right hand arm slides along the base and atm will be held steady with a couple of wood screws, they only protude a couple of mm into the base so will not cause a lot of damage. I might swap them out for a couple of grub screws but as I don't need to be changing the width every few minutes i think they will suffice. I decided on the chipboard as it is easy to work with and I have a couple of sheets sat doing nothing. Also the PCB doesn't need to be clamped hard, just enough pressure to stop it sliding out of the jaws. The jaws seperate wide enough for a full PC motherboard.
A pic of it being tested:
Yes I know the jaws look off set I think thats down to a bit of twist in the upright caused when i screwd it all together. The slots do line up though and holds the PCBs quite nicely.
I am not going to bother painting it as the paint will end up scorched and burnt from the heatgun or soldering near the jaws.
The jaw pivots are coach bolts, the square part of the head I sunk into the jaws and epoxied in.
Everything else is screwed and glued together.
I was playing a bit with one of my new toys;
and my sister popped round for a visit. After watching me struggle a bit when trying to remove some components from a PCB (printed circuit board) because I just had it flat on the table I was struggling to get underneath to remove the parts I was trying to salvage she says surely there must be a better way...
She jumps onto google and starts showing me pics of PCB holders. ATM I am just practising with heat levels etc and have managed to destroy a few bits trying to remove them but all the stuff I am practising on is scrap anyway.
This is the style that seemed best for my purposes only about £15 from ebay. SWMBO said she would get me one, but I decided it would make a nice little project.
So after a few hours I have come up with this:
The chipboard is some i had left over from boarding the loft, 1 edge already has slot in it for tongue and groove joints. The right hand arm slides along the base and atm will be held steady with a couple of wood screws, they only protude a couple of mm into the base so will not cause a lot of damage. I might swap them out for a couple of grub screws but as I don't need to be changing the width every few minutes i think they will suffice. I decided on the chipboard as it is easy to work with and I have a couple of sheets sat doing nothing. Also the PCB doesn't need to be clamped hard, just enough pressure to stop it sliding out of the jaws. The jaws seperate wide enough for a full PC motherboard.
A pic of it being tested:
Yes I know the jaws look off set I think thats down to a bit of twist in the upright caused when i screwd it all together. The slots do line up though and holds the PCBs quite nicely.
I am not going to bother painting it as the paint will end up scorched and burnt from the heatgun or soldering near the jaws.
The jaw pivots are coach bolts, the square part of the head I sunk into the jaws and epoxied in.
Everything else is screwed and glued together.
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