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STENCIL VACUUM-ASSIST helps avoid THE HEARTBREAK OF SMEARED SOLDER PASTESTENCIL VACUUM-ASSIST helps avoid THE HEARTBREAK OF SMEARED SOLDER PASTE

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While using a stencil ought to make solder paste application onto PCBs a easy affair, there are a number of “gotchas” that make it much more art than science. Luckily, there are tools you can build, like this 3D-printed vacuum-assist stencil jig, that take a little of the finesse out of the process. For those […]

PEN PLOTTER FROM PCB PANELSPEN PLOTTER FROM PCB PANELS

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Hacker [12344321A] has developed a smart open-source pen plotter having a frame made of odd-shaped PCB panels (Chinese). It holds an normal drafting pen as well as draws on a little composing platform 8 x 8 cm square. This is barely sufficient area to draw a company card, depending upon which country you’re from. The […]