MOTM

I've gotten away without a clamp for my assemblies so far.  I just lie the
pcb board flat on the plastic slip it came in on my table.  What advantages
does the clamp afford?

Pliers?  I use a small set of nutdrivers... I'd be far too afraid of
slipping and stripping the hell out of the nuts with pliers.  :)

I just got a lead bending guide this weekend.  Certainly not required, but I
think it will move things along quicker.  And they're cheap, so if you run
across one, spring for it.

--PBr

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Doug Pearson [SMTP:ceres@...]
> Sent:	Wednesday, July 05, 2000 2:56 PM
> To:	motm@egroups.com
> Subject:	Re: [motm] Assembly question
> 
> Not enough for me.  In a private exchange with Andy, I mentioned that I
> consider certain of the recommended tools for MOTM assembly to be
> absolutely essential (good soldering iron, good cutters & pliers,
> workstation with vise clamp) and some to be helpful to use, but optional
> (lead bender, for instance), at least for me.  I'd definitely put a heat
> gun in the latter category - certainly useful, but not necessarily
> essential.  Of course, YMMV and all that ...
>