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Joined: 26/11/2006(UTC)
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Hi, What soldering jigs do you use to hold your work? I just did a bunch of soldering of wires to a decoder, plug and socket.  I used this tool with two adjustable alligator clips to hold the pieces in place while soldering. I would put the decoder in something protective, the wire in a tweezer, and then hold all that together in the alligator clips. It got tedious quickly. There's got to be a better way.  Thanks. Edited by moderator 11 January 2011 22:07:59(UTC)
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 Joined: 08/01/2006(UTC) Posts: 2,218 Location: Shady Shores, TX - USA
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Looks like you have the same holder as I do. it works but is sometimes hard to get the wires at the correct angle When I use my hands it takes about 2 glasses of wine or a few shots of vodka to keep my hands from shaking.  |
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 Joined: 14/03/2005(UTC) Posts: 15,870 Location: Gibraltar, Europe
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Nothing better than what you came up with!
They sell special jigs which look much like that, a set of clamps and clips on a stand designed to hold everything in place while the soldering takes place. In my previous job we used to call these tools a "third hand". |
Ray
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 Joined: 12/01/2002(UTC) Posts: 2,578 Location: Sweden
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I often use adhesive tape to hold things in place.
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 Joined: 17/09/2006(UTC) Posts: 18,772 Location: New Zealand
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Chris, I'm using the same device you are. I take it yours has a magnifying glass as well?
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 Joined: 15/03/2003(UTC) Posts: 9,594 Location: Australia
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Yep.. It looks like the Dick Smith soldering tool... |
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 Joined: 16/08/2006(UTC) Posts: 5,382 Location: Akershus, Norway
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I have the same tool.
Bought at the previous temporary Märklin Museum in Stutgarterstrasse. |
Best regards Svein, Norway
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Joined: 26/11/2006(UTC)
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Quote:[size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote: Originally posted by dntower85<br />Looks like you have the same holder as I do. it works but is sometimes hard to get the wires at the correct angle When I use my hands it takes about 2 glasses of wine or a few shots of vodka to keep my hands from shaking. I didn't want to admit it, but since you went first, I was working mine with 3 beers! Tape is a good idea! Yeah, it has a magnifying glass, but it keeps falling down. I have since moved one of the clips on the middle post were the glass goes. Thanks for all the replies. |
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Joined: 17/09/2006(UTC) Posts: 18,772 Location: New Zealand
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Joined: 06/04/2006(UTC) Posts: 655
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Yes that is the same clamp stand I use. Seems to be a universal one for modeling.
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Regards (a Scot in Wisconsin),
Maurice [ETE, TTRCA, IG-TRIX Express, Maerklin-Insider & TRIX Profi-Club]
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Joined: 12/03/2008(UTC)
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Nothing much wrong with those stands, but they can be fiddly to set up to hold things in the right place. Sometime all you want is a quick and dirty way of putting a bit of weight on an object or wire to stop it moving around - under those circumstances I make good use of ordinary spring loaded clothes pegs. Those pegs also have a couple of nice grooves in them, so one can (for example) put a 2 pin lamp into the groove while one solders wires onto them.
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Joined: 15/03/2003(UTC) Posts: 9,594 Location: Australia
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Quote:[size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote: Originally posted by Bigdaddynz<br /> Quote:[size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Originally posted by xxup
<br />Yep.. It looks like the Dick Smith soldering tool...
That it is, but our friends from the US, Europe and Asia will be wondering who Dick Smith is.............(Well, maybe not our US friends)?? WHAT! There are people in the world who don't know Dick Smith???? I blame the appalling education systems in the world.. Next thing they won't know what Vegemite is... What IS the world coming too??? |
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Joined: 23/03/2005(UTC)
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Location: Denmark
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Ray already mentioned this. It is also known in Denmark as "the 3rd hand". Very useful. Mine also includes a magnifying glass. |
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