Getting electronic components

[irving2008]

What a good idea. I was going to ask how you got on with the SMD bit. I'd heard that you had to glue them on first, which could be a problem if u accidently fry it whilst soldering.

So had I, but I was also concerned about getting a thin enough area of glue so that the chip sat down on the pad and not gettng glue where it shouldnt be. Glue and I are not compatible!

The idea above is not mine, Phil outlines it in the assembly guidance for his boards, but I adapted it to what I had - the coat hanger wire is a tad too thick but its all I had to hand. here are some more pics, showing one of the 1206-style chip capacitors in its protective strip and the chip held to the board by the wire device (but not finally positioned yet)