Hi! Finally found a source for my LED tweezers! Self closing angle tweezers 4.5" long http://www.scissorsales.com/moretweezers.html These tweezers are absolutely fantastic for soldering magnet wires to tiny LEDs. Here's the clinic I gave at the NMRA showing how to use the tweezers: http://www.burnhamshops.com/lightingclinic/lightingclinic.pdf
LOL. When I saw LED tweezers I was expecting tweezers with an LED to facilitate close work. Maybe that's next. Ben
I get my LEDs from ngineering.com along with all the accessories like magnet wire. The LED shown is their Micro Super Yellow-White, and it's pretty slam dunk to hook up (0 failures in over two dozen attempts with the tweezers!). You still need a Mascot Base, which I got at a now-closed LHS. For flux I use TIX, excellent stuff (except the bottle tips over easy mg http://www.ares-server.com/Ares/Ares.asp?MerchantID=RET01229&Action=Catalog&Type=Product&ID=17111
Check the link above. Tony gives some sources there. It's an excellent clinic on small LEDs. Thanks for that link, Tony! :thumbs_up:
Great Info!!! How about this set of tweezers? http://www.widgetsupply.com/page/WS/PROD/tweezer-clamp/BCT33 Hobo Tim
The tip is different, and will let the LED fly into oblivion... :teeth: Doesn't look like much of a difference, but the tweezer head I found is actually specially designed for printed circuit board work. The only other pair I found was from Taiwan, and they wanted an obscene amount for the device!
