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Always i wonted a PCB holder helping me with soldering and also keep safe all the components... I found one in internet but was expensive (about 45USD) and the company didn't ship to Europe. So I had to build it by my self in easy way and cheap!!!. I had some designs on my mind like two stick of plastic holding the PCB and one adjusting screw to adjust the size of any PCB. After seeking the internet i found different types like in figures. The green one is the expensive like 68USD and other is cheaper (the price i said) I liked the green one so i made some notes....
Looking my notes then i decided to build this stuff but I didn't had enough material like in pic so I did a modification which follows in 2 notes (in English)
Looking my notes then i decided to build this stuff but I didn't had enough material like in pic so I did a modification which follows in 2 notes (in English)
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Variation N#1.
Since I don't have the ideal double layer brackets I decided to use any kind of plastic that be strong enough to hold any size PCB. I found one and I hoped to find and second one...Then my notes became like in pic1. The general idea is that I have a long supportive piece and on it two equal bracket tighten the PCB. Simple. So must be like the pic 2. But we always some but. First of all I had only one bracket long enough like 30cm but only one. This bracket was from and old Epson computer from decades ago (since 1993) and it uses this bracket to switch on the computer with the PSU. The external button was connected with this plastic piece and ended at the PSU switch...Is very strong and hard to brake. So
Variation N#2.
Since I had only one bracket I decided to cut it . This bracket after 3 cm was bended in an angle of about 10degrees. I cut the first 12cm and I kept the other 18cm. The second part wasn't bended so with a lighter I bended exactly like the smaller one....
Now keeping the general idea of notes (pic2-3) I continue to work....Follow me.
Since I don't have the ideal double layer brackets I decided to use any kind of plastic that be strong enough to hold any size PCB. I found one and I hoped to find and second one...Then my notes became like in pic1. The general idea is that I have a long supportive piece and on it two equal bracket tighten the PCB. Simple. So must be like the pic 2. But we always some but. First of all I had only one bracket long enough like 30cm but only one. This bracket was from and old Epson computer from decades ago (since 1993) and it uses this bracket to switch on the computer with the PSU. The external button was connected with this plastic piece and ended at the PSU switch...Is very strong and hard to brake. So
Variation N#2.
Since I had only one bracket I decided to cut it . This bracket after 3 cm was bended in an angle of about 10degrees. I cut the first 12cm and I kept the other 18cm. The second part wasn't bended so with a lighter I bended exactly like the smaller one....
Now keeping the general idea of notes (pic2-3) I continue to work....Follow me.
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thnx
I broke my helping hands and I'm sick of chasing my boards around the desk when I'm soldering...
Looks like I'm off to the hardware store tomorrow morning.