Homebrew PCBs

>> I have something like that.
>> It has x10 and x20, the clearance is, lets call it workable.
>> could be more for soldering but better than nothing.
>>
>> I rarely use it, for soldering i only used it to solder the bridges
>> on a amd athlon cpu (to make it faster).
>>
>> it is no that practical for soldering, my eyesight is quite ok (in close
>> range).
>> It is quite good for inspecting other things...
>
>Thanks, Stefan. Until I was about 40 my eyesight was OK for that sort of
>thing (I'm short-sighted), but it's deteriorated since then. 8-(

Maybe that's out of question for you, but I use some sort of
magnifiers that you can attach to the head (don't know the propper
english term) with good sucess. The advantage is that you have your
hands free - well, ok, same with a microscope but you have more
freedom to work. 

All I found on google was a link to an ongoing e-bay auction to which
I'm in no way related, but I thought that the picture found there
should make clear what I mean.

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2973756409&category=11373

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