[Elecraft] K3 Audio Upgrade Mod

Bill W4ZV btippett at alum.mit.edu
Thu Dec 4 12:29:33 EST 2008




P.B. Christensen wrote:
> 
> Somewhere on the web, an ingenious fellow developed a slick "third hand"
> for SMT work  The device is clamped to the edge of the PCB and pivots much
> the same way that we used to adjust a crystal radio's detector by varying
> the catwhisker arm position and tension on a piece of galena.   The end of
> the catwhisker is then pressed upon the SMT part to retain tension while
> the left and right hands are applying heat and solder.  Wish I new where
> to find one....
> 

Make one!  http://www.al7fs.us/AL7FS5ATSprint2.html  (2nd pix down)

...and   http://www.qsl.net/n5ib/surface_mount/

73,  Bill

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