[Elecraft] Magnifiers (was: a K2 thought?)

[Bob - W5BIG]

Hi Robert,

This looks very interesting!

Do you have any details available on how you constructed this station?
Are you interested in making more of them to sell?  With the proliferation
of SMDs now,
I bet a lot of people could use something like this.

73/ Bob - W5BIG


----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert" <xlr at sympatico.ca>
To: "Mike Markowski" <mm at UDel.Edu>; <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 3:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Magnifiers (was: a K2 thought?)


> Mike and all I built this unit to solder and identify components.  I put
in
> a small TFT screen so I can monitor what I'm doing while sitting
> straight-up.  I get great magnification and can put in a vise to hold a
> board while soldering.
>
> My eyes got sore and I had headaches due to wearing magnifiers for too
long
> so I build this machine.  I've since changed the lighting set-up and use a
> round fluorescent bulb around the lens.  It's great to use.
>
>
http://images.andale.com/f2/115/123/10264406/1102451745722_Solderstation.jpg
Robert VE3RPFThe Mad Scientist
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