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trainbuff		#1 Posted : 03 June 2009 20:46:49(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 26/11/2006(UTC) Posts: 507 Location: Atlanta, Georgia		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)  | Reason: Not specified
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dntower85		#2 Posted : 03 June 2009 21:54:33(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 08/01/2006(UTC) Posts: 2,218 Location: Shady Shores, TX - USA		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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RayF		#3 Posted : 03 June 2009 21:55:40(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 14/03/2005(UTC) Posts: 15,840 Location: Gibraltar, Europe		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".
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perz		#4 Posted : 04 June 2009 00:16:54(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 12/01/2002(UTC) Posts: 2,578 Location: Sweden		I often use adhesive tape to hold things in place.
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Bigdaddynz		#5 Posted : 04 June 2009 00:31:48(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 17/09/2006(UTC) Posts: 18,665 Location: New Zealand		Chris, I'm using the same device you are. I take it yours has a magnifying glass as well?
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xxup		#6 Posted : 04 June 2009 00:46:39(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 15/03/2003(UTC) Posts: 9,473 Location: Australia		Yep.. It looks like the Dick Smith soldering tool...
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intruder		#7 Posted : 04 June 2009 02:23:23(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 16/08/2006(UTC) Posts: 5,382 Location: Akershus, Norway		I have the same tool. Bought at the previous temporary Märklin Museum in Stutgarterstrasse.
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trainbuff		#8 Posted : 04 June 2009 02:48:51(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 26/11/2006(UTC) Posts: 507 Location: Atlanta, Georgia		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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Bigdaddynz		#9 Posted : 04 June 2009 03:26:51(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 17/09/2006(UTC) Posts: 18,665 Location: New Zealand		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)?? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Smith http://en.wikipedia.org/...i/Dick_Smith_Electronics
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TTRExpress		#10 Posted : 04 June 2009 04:38:14(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 06/04/2006(UTC) Posts: 655		Yes that is the same clamp stand I use. Seems to be a universal one for modeling.
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drwhitl		#11 Posted : 04 June 2009 07:50:50(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 12/03/2008(UTC) Posts: 97 Location: Auckland,		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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xxup		#12 Posted : 04 June 2009 11:59:20(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 15/03/2003(UTC) Posts: 9,473 Location: Australia		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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Caplin		#13 Posted : 04 June 2009 12:46:37(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 23/03/2005(UTC) Posts: 2,497 Location: Denmark		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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