Introduction: PCB Stand

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There are times when we want to hold a PCB in the air to help while soldering components on to a PCB or if you are like me, salvaging components from a PCB

One day, I was organizing my mechanical parts box and realized that the flat portion of 2 rivet nuts can be used to hold a PCB!

Supplies

The parts you need:

  • Instant glue
  • 8 x M4 rivet nut
  • 4 x long M4 bolt
  • 4 x M4/M5 washer
  • Some M4 nuts

Step 1: Build the Clamp

Steps:

  1. Hold the M4 bolt in your hand and rotate some M4 nuts down. The number of M4 nuts will determine the height at which the PCB is held.
  2. Then rotate the rivet nuts down with their flat circular faces connected to one other. Tighten the lower rivet nut and leave the upper one loose.

Repeat the above steps 4 times to make 4 of them. You can make more if you want to hold a large PCB but it will practically unuseful if the height is low

Step 2: Attach Washers

Use instant glue to attach a washer to the head of the bold. The washer will add stability when it stands vertically

Whenever you want to hold a PCB, loosen the upper rivet nuts, place 4 of them at 4 edges/corners of the PCB and then tighten the upper rivet nuts.

I hope you enjoyed reading this instructable. Have a nice day!