This is my solder station foam flip board

metron9

It works great I can solder up a dozen boards in about 2 hours.

The panels are 42 up and they all snap apart.

I load the parts and it just flips over, the foam holds the through hole parts in place while soldering.

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Think Inside the box first and if that doesn't work..
Re-arrange what's inside the box then...
Think outside the BOX!

aalegado

That's cool. Is that a Luxeon LED near the top-center of each board?

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I wouldn't connect that if I were you...

Vive Le Tour!
Le Grand Depart July 6-8, 2007

metron9

Yes, the 1 watt emitter. From the back you can see the hole in the board. I then use a piece of adhesive foam with a 1/4 inch hole in it, I fill that hole with T-putty 504 thermal putty and stick it to the aluminum body. These lights don't get very hot as they are not driven 100% duty cycle but the thermal design will take 100% duty cycle at 350mA just for a safety margin.

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Think Inside the box first and if that doesn't work..
Re-arrange what's inside the box then...
Think outside the BOX!

boeboy

where did you get it?

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lets see what this does... KA BOOM (note to self do not cross red and black)

metron9

Sorry for the delay, I bought it here

http://www.mainelectronics.com/PCBRDHolder.htm

So much to do and so little time...

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Think Inside the box first and if that doesn't work..
Re-arrange what's inside the box then...
Think outside the BOX!