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Old 04-08-2014, 11:10 AM
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Nice work, Bob.

It's always interesting to see you think up new ways of doing things. Did you rebuild the couplates because they were faulty or because you will be far more confident with the restoration? Surface mount components is a good idea... how do you fit these? Machine, tweezers or just great eyesight and care?
When I work with surface mount parts I use tweezers and a lighted circline magnifier similar to these.
http://www.dazor.com/illuminated-magnifier-lamp.html

That works for me as long as the resisters and capacitors are no smaller than 0603 size. For TV work you would want to use the larger sizes anyway because of power levels.
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