Shaky hands and precision soldering do not mix

That's a nice setup, I like it. You've got enough there to be dangerous (it's a North American expression). 

It works well, i was actually quite surprised with the quality of my X-Tronic solder station/re-flow station, i bought it a few years back and it has been good to me. i think i only spent ~70 USD on the unit and it came with that lamp as well as spare heating elements and a variety of solder and reflow tips.

Unfortunately, the rest of my setup is missing right now. I'm still living out of boxes (when it comes to my basement office). If you look in the background you can see some of the units i need to sort through. i have a veritable wall of boxes (not shown) 30 feet long and 2-3 deep. But i did manage to find my multimeter and soldering iron. So I've got the bare essentials.

Why yes indeed you are correct, it is a "Tassimo" and it is one of my most important tools. Something has to keep me going when projects are on a roll. On the flip side, If you were to look in the top right drawer of that desk you would find a bottle of scotch for when projects just aren't working.

you would find a bottle of scotch for when

maybe a few swigs would help steady the hand.

I was wondering if this might work.

• Find a piece of plain pcb or protoboard.
• Stick the chip upside down to the pcb using a bit of bluetac or similar.
• Solder wires onto plain pcb around the chip or pins you want to connect to.
• Once soldered, mechanically arrange the wire to touch the pin on the chip.
• Solder the wire at the chip.
• Remove the pcb end of the wire (or connect to it).

Looks like my sample pieces are the same.

Mark

Mark, that is a really good idea...it would take at least one of my shaky hands out of the equation....i should have some copper board here soon and should be able to just surface mount and make my own break-out board; but i think your idea is worth a shot.

I usually find a few swigs takes out both shaky hands ...

well at least until you have shaky hands pouring it ....

I like your solution, especially with a good 12 year old scotch with just a touch of water to bring out the aroma.

Ah the pleasant bouquet combined with rosin smoke makes for a pleasant work place.

DAB

I like your solution, especially with a good 12 year old scotch with just a touch of water to bring out the aroma.

Ah the pleasant bouquet combined with rosin smoke makes for a pleasant work place.

DAB

I'd need to use the fume extractor to try that at work ...

Mark