Ed
Good luck working with the tiny wires of the Surface Mount LEDs
they drove me crazy because the wires are long and very springy
I trick i finally used to hold the wires still was to use some masking tape
sticky side up laid on the work bench and stick all but the bare ends of the LED to the tape
Leaving the ends free to wrap around the resistor and attaching wire to apply solder
Kinda like having an extra set of hands
Yes, quite true. I can now appreciate the skills that the micro-surgeon possesses!\
It should lay flat in the bottom of a Tichy barrel and drop straight through the layout top… hopefully! I might try a few very fine fiber-optic “sparks”.
Thanks again for the idea [Y]
Ed
This is not exactly related to WPF, but it does concern the last couple of posts.
Ngineering sells a neat little aid for soldering fine wires to LEDs. It can be mounted in a vise and it holds both the LED and the wire in the right place so all you have to do is touch the iron and solder to the fluxed joint:
(Scroll down a bit)
http://ngineering.com/other_cool_tools.htm
Dave
Heres a very short video of some flicker testing i’m doing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ-e7b9BOz4
You can see how small the red SM LED is in comparison to the others
Here is a clickable link to C & O’s LED flickering fire experiment:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ-e7b9BOz4
Dave
My friend Laurie McLean has several useful videos on working with SMD LEDs. Here’s the basics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmoM6ak35_8
Personally, I chicken out and buy mine with the leads attached. Good idea on using tape to hold things down while working with those squirrelly things. And thanks for the tool tip, Dave, that might just work for me.
Small World indeed Laurie McLean is where i get my inspiration for
my animation projects He really is a Master Modeler
Much can be learned from him FOR THE FORCE IS STRONG IN HIM~!
TCS slected him as one of their beta testers for the Wow decoder ever though he lives a world away in the land down under