✧✦Catherine✦✧Jul 10, 2023
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)
Show thread✧✦Catherine✦✧Jul 10, 2023
so far a manual pick & place machine (~hundreds) and Ustar UA90914 (https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004749678342.html; ~$25) are the top suggestions; the Ustar device looks really promising!
Show thread✧✦Catherine✦✧Jul 10, 2023
microscopes/binoculars seem to work so well they even help people with Parkinsons, which I didn't expect so I'll now bump them higher in priority
Show threadJason Petersen (he)

@whitequark so is the idea that the act of magnifying your hands so large in your visual field somehow mediates the tremors?

I have pretty shaky hands and while piano/gaming/typing doesn’t suffers, soldering does and I’m curious about whatever you find!

Jul 10, 2023 at 6:32amWeb
Show thread✧✦Catherine✦✧Jul 10, 2023
@jason yes; it changes the parameters on the feedback loop making it more dampened