does anyone know a technological solution to "hands are too shakey for SMD soldering"? I am thinking of some sort of device you can place your hand on that dampens the tremors
(please RT, would really love for my gf to be able to solder fine pitch SMD stuff)
@whitequark https://www.fritsch-smt.de/en/manual-pick-place/lm900 ? Something like this can be built diy with cheap linear rails or (good quality) drawer slides, but I don't know how well this works for tremors
LM900

@stereo4x4 @whitequark oh, neat - video of it in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7molXUfJ7w shows an (obvious but not to me) benefit of mounting a camera aligned with the tool point...
FRITSCH SMT - Manipulator LM901

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