Shop Tips – PCB Circuit Board Holders and Stands

RE: Shop Tips – PCB Circuit Board Holders and Stands

Problemchild — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 08:06:49 GMT

The weight of the wood will hold those boards nicely John ... no more awkward sliding about !

RE: Shop Tips – PCB Circuit Board Holders and Stands

jw0752 — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 05:46:08 GMT

Hi Shabaz,

I took apart an old DVD rack and used the Cherry Wood ends to make a couple of the wood holders with slots. They are going to work just as advertised.

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Thanks John

RE: Shop Tips – PCB Circuit Board Holders and Stands

waelect — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 01:50:41 GMT

I am going to the wood direction too. Now that I have move to a new place i can clean up and get started on wood construction.

So easy to work with and the grain is such a nice feature to use.

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DAB — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 19:18:26 GMT

Great idea.

Now all I need to do is find some wood and my saw.

DAB

RE: Shop Tips – PCB Circuit Board Holders and Stands

Problemchild — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 09:53:49 GMT

Thanks for that Shabaz, I shall be working on a Front panel design soon and also add the hole patterns for some of the newest boards out this year so there should be no excuses

RE: Shop Tips – PCB Circuit Board Holders and Stands

balearicdynamics — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 05:57:56 GMT

Hi Shabas,

you got a lot of good ideas an solutions. The idea to use the rail in a support as you show in the first images was already something I had in mind to fix some circuit parts inside the Meditech box but I have not found yet a really efficient solution. The suggestion to make two parts clamping the boards instead I think it is great!.

Small board inside the rails is something like the rack mounting supports of some multi-board devices (included some PC desktop). I think that the screws holding the two parts, clamping the board is the great solution! I see two advantages. The first is that the support itself can be fixed to the box container with less screws than what needed fixing more boxes and the second is that the boards can be removed simply - and kept in place also simply and efficiently - without the need to disassemble the entire board.

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Enrico

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mcb1 — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 05:52:19 GMT

Excellent idea.

Well done.

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jw0752 — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 01:46:50 GMT

Hi Shabaz,

I really like this idea. I will be getting some of these cool stands made up as I like to salvage boards and I am always fighting with them and trying to hold them in place. Thanks for posting it under the Shop Tips banner as it is a perfect fit.

John