The best PCB holder so far (short version)

Time to try out my newest circuit board holder by building a couple of simple kits.
Just for fun, I did 2 edits of this video.
This is the shorter one.
The long one (46 min) is here: • The best PCB holder so...
It features more of the soldering action at real-time speed.
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My tip jar: / pileofstuff
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This isn't the only way to do it.
It's probably not the best way to do it.
But it's how I do it.

[@pileofstuff]

Just for fun, I did 2 edits of this video. This is the shorter one. The long one (46 min) is here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYvEcmiBmKuMY7c It features more of the soldering action at real-time speed.

[@magiclay]

Round pcb is a metal detector??? Nice video

[@hoggif]

That is close to winner. The best one I've ever seen had a pad with foam on the component side. You could populate all you components, put the "top" with a foam on it and turn it over. Cut all the leads (that need no bending) and solder everything. Oh, and with hot air all plastic jaws are in danger. I find stuff like panavice and similar too high ergonomically. I like using table to support arms and working much above table is not that comfortable. I really love one-sided smd boars for that. Put it on the table (or very near) and working with it is so comfortable.

[@larryb.lindsay2366]

Good vid, thanks. I made one based on that holder from wood, works great

[@pyotrleflegin7255]

Nice jig - I use one myself but the price I paid was £3.99 from CPC here in Blighty. Bad luck for having to pay so much but it's worth it, I promise you!

[@pileofstuff]

Several people have said that it's available for a lot less, and all paid for theirs in £ rather than $$CDN.That's unexpected, as I spent quite a bit of time searching e-bay, always filtering for least expensive. I'm not too bothered. This thing seems to be worth the money.The next step up in quality moves into more industrial devices, with much more industrial level pricing.

[@jimwill48]

Around $12.00 US on Amazon...

[@pileofstuff]

@@jimwill48 $17.99 Canadian (plus shipping) is the best I can find on Amazon.ca at the moment. On amazon.com (viewed from Canada) the best I can find that is eligible for shipping to Canada is $10.99 US ( = 14.66 Canadian) plus international shipping.

[@jimwill48]

@@pileofstuff yea kinda forgot the Canada thing. Just got one from there for $10.99 plus free shipping (ordered a couple of DVD's so it was more than the $25.00 min

[@johnham9256]

Like your choice of music

[@GeorgeJFW]

You know what I may just watch both lol 👍

[@pileofstuff]

You may have guessed that I'm doing a bit of audience research here...

[@rachelwang6002]

This tool is good for rework only.

[@pileofstuff]

It works very well for me when doing new board assembly.

[@rachelwang6002]

@@pileofstuff Yeah,I agree with you. The problem for build a new board by using this is hard to lign all components and get a perfect pin appearance.

[@ElmerFuddGun]

Does MG Chemical make their own solder? I doubt it. Likely just relabelled.

[@pileofstuff]

Quite possible. MG is a Canadian company, and it is prominently labelled "made in the USA", so that limits the number of possible manufacturers, if it is just a re-labelled product.

[@xavierr4508]

Is it too high? Did you feel it high or uncomfortable when soldering? Thanks!

[@pileofstuff]

Not at all. It was nice having the work a bit closer to my eyes as well. (edit - I misunderstood your question, so I changed my answer)

[@fjrg76]

@@pileofstuff I've just bought it from Amazon =) And in case I don't get used to it, then I'll return it. Thank you!

[@singlesteve2011]

you did do something wrong on both of them because I got the first one you did and it does work

[@pileofstuff]

They all work, I just prefer the blue&black one. It works better for how I do things. I'm glad you found something that matches your preferences.

[@singlesteve2011]

@@pileofstuff I do like the blue and black one too, But I made my self some helping hands somewhat like the first one and I am used to it, the second broke like yours did, but the blue and black one I have not found one yet in Quebec, but if I can I will let you know on what I think. And so you know I have watched all your videos as well as a few others and based on what I know and what you and the others did on your videos I will be adding them into my projects but I must ask you to email me I have a few questions to ask you about the famous 555 timer and a Arduino well take care

[@singlesteve2011]

@@pileofstuff and also I was talking about the metal detectors (the green one I have it and made it to and mine does detect metal)

[@peterthinks]

Ewww.... Definitely not ordering those annoying kits!

[@pileofstuff]

I could probably put up with the noise if they actually worked in any useful way.

[@sharpeyedwatcher9724]

WOW someone's got a chip on their SHOWDER about Solder.

[@pileofstuff]

A surprising number of people tell me that their preferred regional pronunciation is correct, and therefore that mine is obviously wrong. A few of them are polite about it...

[@sharpeyedwatcher9724]

@@pileofstuff You'll find they are generally based out of the UK since their pronunciation differs from the US. Personally I have never come across any English words with silent "L"'s unless they are directly followed by a few very specific letters like "K" or "M" or "D".

[@EricYTP]

"The silent "l" in solder ("a metal or metallic alloy used when melted to join metallic surfaces") isn’t completely exotic: other, more common words like salmon, calm, walk, should, and calf also typically have one. But since solder is encountered less frequently than these (and is perhaps spoken more frequently than it is written), it’s a tricky one. The "l" wasn't always there: up until the 1500s, most spellings of solder didn't include it. But its Latin ancestor is solidare, "to make solid," which seems to have been used to justify adding the "l" in."