Has anyone else here got a tremor? I have benign essential tremor and it really screws up my ability to do any kind of fine soldering. I've gotten a little better at it over time but it's still a really big barrier, and I kind of gave up with laptop mainboard repair because of it. If anyone else has this, any tips on keeping the iron a bit more stable?
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Is it only a hand-tremor? (hand shaking) I tend to get that when holding Intel CPUs, right before getting them into the socket!ASRock B550 PG Velocita
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It is yep - annoyingly it's the type that gets worse when your hand muscles are tensed! I usually have to stabilise the iron with both hands, but of course that makes it really difficult to keep components positioned while I'm solderingDell E7450 | i5-5300U | 16GB DDR3 | 256GB SSD
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Re: Soldering with a tremor.
Originally posted by spleenharvester View PostHas anyone else here got a tremor? I have benign essential tremor and it really screws up my ability to do any kind of fine soldering.
(Q: have you noticed if the motion is more side-to-side than front-to-back?)
I've gotten a little better at it over time but it's still a really big barrier, and I kind of gave up with laptop mainboard repair because of it. If anyone else has this, any tips on keeping the iron a bit more stable?
You can purchase "rework fixtures" that can hold the "iron" and then use coarse motor skills to maneuver the work into position/contact with the business end of the iron.
https://www.hakkousa.com/products/ac...tand-9891.html
https://www.hakkousa.com/products/ac...-802-803b.html
Leister used to sell a nice one but no longer offer it.
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Well, I didn't recall having a hand tremor with the Ryzen upgrade!ASRock B550 PG Velocita
Ryzen 9 "Vermeer" 5900X
16 GB AData XPG Spectrix D41
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6750 XT
eVGA Supernova G3 750W
Western Digital Black SN850 1TB NVMe SSD
Alienware AW3423DWF OLED
"¡Me encanta "Me Encanta o Enlistarlo con Hilary Farr!" -Mí mismo
"There's nothing more unattractive than a chick smoking a cigarette" -Topcat
"Today's lesson in pissivity comes in the form of a ziplock baggie full of GPU extension brackets & hardware that for the last ~3 years have been on my bench, always in my way, getting moved around constantly....and yesterday I found myself in need of them....and the bastards are now nowhere to be found! Motherfracker!!" -Topcat
"did I see a chair fly? I think I did! Time for popcorn!" -ratdude747
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