Homebrew PCBs

Probably the cheapest powered vacuum pump on the market right now is 
the Reynolds Handi-Vac that's used with vacuum sandwich bags.  You 
can pick them up for around $10.  It wouldn't be hard to set up an 
I/O pin to turn on/off the vacuum source.


--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Symansky" <symansky@...> 
wrote:
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> Oops, I retract my statement: the above would work for just the 
solder
> dispenser.  You're right, you'll probably need some sort of vacuum 
pump for
> the pick-and-place machine.  It can't be that difficult, though: 
the vacuum
> needed to pick up one of those parts must be incredibly small.  You 
could
> probably even have the Z-axis stepper pull the plunger on a syringe 
to
> create the vacuum to lift the part.  
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