Xactor Xtra Hands

[Oatz]

Looking for a cheaper solution to these.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_saca...magnify&_frs=1

Or something better if anyone knows. Thanks!

[Jerry]

Looking for a cheaper solution to these.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_saca...magnify&_frs=1

Or something better if anyone knows. Thanks!

I have one of those. I mounted a larger glass on a goose neck holder for a microphone so it is flexible and use the alligator clips for holding the circuit board.

However seeing close detail even with the glass is a pain. So what I have done is recycle an old dark room enlarger and mounted a telephoto lens from a 1960's vintage television camera on it.

I use this as the lens for a closed circuit TV camera. I can take a small PC board and display it full screen on whatever sized TV monitor I have and put that right behind my work so I see the PC board and the TV monitor in the same sight path.

The present camera I have is black and white so am looking for a color camera that I can remove the lens from. I think I have found one that will work.

As this point I have not tried using it for PCB soldering so the whole idea may be just a crazy scheme by someone who is visually challenged

Jerry

[Oatz]

Good Idea. Im not sure what I'll use it for. Thats why I want it cheap lol.