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				Re: pictures of the gear you use
				Posted: 18 May 2019, 02:05
				by Stevebe
				[quote=oscarboiro post_id=313 time=1558052198 user_id=53]
My first soldering with my new tools! I need try more times. I use a broken mother board from a laptop.
Looking good Oscar,
			 
			
					
				Re: pictures of the gear you use
				Posted: 10 Oct 2019, 23:07
				by Stevebe
				Just Re doing work room so here’s the JBC station, 
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				Re: pictures of the gear you use
				Posted: 04 Jan 2020, 03:36
				by Stevebe
				Just had my tweezers replaced can’t imagine how I managed without them lol first attempt had tweezers to hot, just a few pics of LED chages
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				Re: pictures of the gear you use
				Posted: 04 Jan 2020, 07:17
				by DGAlexandru
				Without this kind of tweezers tool I go with hot air in one hand and a soldering iron in the other one .. and I just move the latter one from one end to the other of that SMD component until it breaks free 
 
 
Usually taking components off it's much harder than putting them back... well.. except BGA ones.. which currently are out of my reach  

 
			
					
				Re: pictures of the gear you use
				Posted: 04 Jan 2020, 15:03
				by Stevebe
				That’s how I used to manage, but with my old age I’m not so steady so any think to help ..
Lol
			 
			
					
				Re: pictures of the gear you use
				Posted: 05 Jan 2020, 00:54
				by Go4IT
				Also thought to buy a tweezer soldering iron... which one you are using?
			 
			
					
				Re: pictures of the gear you use
				Posted: 05 Jan 2020, 01:16
				by Stevebe
				Go4IT wrote: ↑05 Jan 2020, 00:54
Also thought to buy a tweezer soldering iron... which one you are using?
 
I have the JBC micro tweezers . I did try the cheeped brands but they were so unreliable.
 
			
					
				Re: pictures of the gear you use
				Posted: 05 Jan 2020, 08:54
				by Go4IT
				I see. The tip itself is about 100-130€, but you shure need a (special?) solderingstation from JBC. I am a bit confused which to buy. Prices start from 380€ up to 1.700€  

 
			
					
				Re: pictures of the gear you use
				Posted: 05 Jan 2020, 10:14
				by DGAlexandru
				The full solution is too expensive for my taste, but I agree they do seem professional enough to maybe deserve that amount of money 
 
A starting point would be CP-2QE which includes AM120-A Adjustable Micro Tweezers, but no "cartridges" (C120 cartridges type)... that can be found at about 500EUR... in a compact form.
If you try to build the same thing by buying the parts separately will take about 658EUR from your pocket:
PA-120A (Micro Tweezers)
DI-2D (1 Tool Control Unit )
AM-SA (Stand for AM120 & PA120 Micro Tweezers)
Looking again at Stevebe's gears I think that he is a salesman for JBC and infiltrated on this forum saying that he is interested in this Convers+ thing in order to gain some trust from us and after that, little by little, he will start selling this JBC products that seem pretty appealing 
 
   
  
 
			
					
				Re: pictures of the gear you use
				Posted: 05 Jan 2020, 14:09
				by Stevebe
				When you get to my age and you have been working in electronics as long as I have life does have its little perks, I primarily repair valve amplifiers 
And build bespoke guitar amplifiers, then all this surface mount stuff started to invade my life so I thought I would look into making my life a little easier 
So I invested in the best I could afford and believe me it was the best thing I ever did. Yeah it’s pricey but you only get what you pay for. 
 
Who do you think would spend that much on gear hear,,  
 
Ps not certain where your looking for prices tweezer cartridges £31 each. 
https://kaisertech.co.uk/products/solde ... %5B%5D=194