I'm happy hand soldering 0.65mm devices and I have done 0.5mm. It is easy enough to do if you are careful however my preferred method is to get a £30 stencil and use solder paste together with hand placement. I then chuck it in my £30 oven and get results good enough that my customers assume that it has been made on a pick and place machine.
Yes it takes a bit of practise and experience but certainly no expensive equipment.
I started out at the very top of what other people were offering. I've now increased it further by another 50% (because I don't need the work) and I still get the same number of enquiries.
I had one customer ask why I should go with me rather than the person who was quoting 10% of what I had. I obviously said the right things as he went with me. I wouldn't worry about people who low ball quotes, the good clients can see that it isn't worth the time / effort using them.
I earn $2k - $3k a month working on jobs brokered via Upwork. This goes nicely with my main work I get locally. I've in the UK but work on projects in the US and India currently. I recommend it though you do have to be selective on who you work for. There are a lot kids looking for their homework to be done and others that are completely unrealistic on what budget is required for the job. Upwork charge 10% + $50 per customer which is reasonable I think especially as they guarantee payment.
You get 4% if (and only if) you have between £4000 and £5000 in the account. You get no additional interest for balances above £5000.
Santander 123 gives 3% for balances up to £20000 which is better overall.
However, if you have more than £20000 then good luck in finding somewhere sensible to put it. A quick look shows that the best I can find is 1.45% with RCI Bank (who?!). Better than 1.05% but not dramatically so.
There are plenty of UHD monitors around. I've got a £600 32" IPS (BENQ BL3201PT) which I can't praise enough. It is a fantastic display. There are many more at 28" with prices £250 upwards.
I used to have a dual monitor setup but there is no way I'm going back to that now. It is that much better.
Ha, ha. I think you missed the bit where I said I paid £550 for the system (new).
The focal length is approx 60mm. I see the advantage in increasing this but due to the bed depth, my options are limited. Something to look at anyway.
My air pressure is 0.02MP (3 psi) and does a good job of keeping smoke away from the lens but probably not a lot else. Increasing the airflow is an option but I think the air exit nozzle needs improving as well.
I have air assist cutting which is why it can get through 6mm acrylic though I don't think it is very well designed. The kerf is wider at the top than the bottom and is noticeable on 3mm which implies the set up is poor. I suspect a poor beam shape but haven't confirmed it. Any suggestions on what to check are very welcome.
I have a £550 Ebay 50W laser which can cut 6mm acrylic well (though with bevelled edges currently - I'm hoping to be able to do something about this though with some better set up). I've done 6mm ply but it all came out rather burnt. Again, I'm hoping to do better once I find the ideal settings. Overall I've been impressed with what it can do for the price.
So what is the story between the two? I know that LibreOffice is a fork of OpenOffice and that some/most/all of the devs moved to LibreOffice. Is LibreOffice now far enough ahead to say forget about OpenOffice?
Why would anyone get a projector when 60"+ TVs are much cheaper than good projector + nice screen + extra bulbs?
Because we don't want a 60" screen in the living room where as we do have the ability to hide a projector screen in the ceiling. Currently we don't have a TV at all and want to keep it that way.
Go and ask any timber merchant for a bit of 2 by 4 and they will know what you are talking about but then ask them for what the actual size is. They will give you two answers, one for sawn timber and one for plained timber. The answers they give will be in millimetres and neither will be anything close to 50.8mm x 101.6mm. The length will also be given in metres.
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All good points. I do like stuff small so it would probably be ok for me and I absolutely insist that displays are run at native resolution. It would be nice to see a 4K in operation though before I purchase. More research needed.
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30Hz is a deal breaker for me. 60Hz or nothing. 30Hz is ok for watching movies apparently but I don't think I could cope with mouse lag.
39" would be nice though and removes the issue of everything being small.
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I was thinking about getting a Asus PB287Q 28" 4K 60Hz as it has good reviews but was unsure as to whether I can stick with icons and stuff being small. I love the idea of the additional pixels as I always seem to not have enough but I here some programs aren't a good match as they don't scale well.
Anybody use a 4K display for programming / development work? Good or bad idea?
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Have a look at some youtube videos of hand soldering TQFP, there are loads.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?... for example
I'm happy hand soldering 0.65mm devices and I have done 0.5mm. It is easy enough to do if you are careful however my preferred method is to get a £30 stencil and use solder paste together with hand placement. I then chuck it in my £30 oven and get results good enough that my customers assume that it has been made on a pick and place machine.
Yes it takes a bit of practise and experience but certainly no expensive equipment.
I started out at the very top of what other people were offering. I've now increased it further by another 50% (because I don't need the work) and I still get the same number of enquiries.
I had one customer ask why I should go with me rather than the person who was quoting 10% of what I had. I obviously said the right things as he went with me. I wouldn't worry about people who low ball quotes, the good clients can see that it isn't worth the time / effort using them.
It changes a lot from month to month but roughly 50:50.
I could do all Upwork but prefer local and the pay is a little better though there isn't a lot in it.
I earn $2k - $3k a month working on jobs brokered via Upwork. This goes nicely with my main work I get locally. I've in the UK but work on projects in the US and India currently. I recommend it though you do have to be selective on who you work for. There are a lot kids looking for their homework to be done and others that are completely unrealistic on what budget is required for the job. Upwork charge 10% + $50 per customer which is reasonable I think especially as they guarantee payment.
Stunning might be a little bit of an exaggeration.
https://youtu.be/BUxqFlrvkQk?t=15582
(hopefully that is the right match)
I had the same problem on Wednesday with a wired connection. A reboot fixed it (after a lot of head scratching).
A quid has only every meant one pound to me. 13 quid is perfectly fine colloquial English to me.
That would be with Lloyds then.
You get 4% if (and only if) you have between £4000 and £5000 in the account. You get no additional interest for balances above £5000.
Santander 123 gives 3% for balances up to £20000 which is better overall.
However, if you have more than £20000 then good luck in finding somewhere sensible to put it. A quick look shows that the best I can find is 1.45% with RCI Bank (who?!). Better than 1.05% but not dramatically so.
There are plenty of UHD monitors around. I've got a £600 32" IPS (BENQ BL3201PT) which I can't praise enough. It is a fantastic display. There are many more at 28" with prices £250 upwards.
I used to have a dual monitor setup but there is no way I'm going back to that now. It is that much better.
Ha, ha. I think you missed the bit where I said I paid £550 for the system (new).
The focal length is approx 60mm. I see the advantage in increasing this but due to the bed depth, my options are limited. Something to look at anyway.
My air pressure is 0.02MP (3 psi) and does a good job of keeping smoke away from the lens but probably not a lot else. Increasing the airflow is an option but I think the air exit nozzle needs improving as well.
I have air assist cutting which is why it can get through 6mm acrylic though I don't think it is very well designed. The kerf is wider at the top than the bottom and is noticeable on 3mm which implies the set up is poor. I suspect a poor beam shape but haven't confirmed it. Any suggestions on what to check are very welcome.
I have a £550 Ebay 50W laser which can cut 6mm acrylic well (though with bevelled edges currently - I'm hoping to be able to do something about this though with some better set up). I've done 6mm ply but it all came out rather burnt. Again, I'm hoping to do better once I find the ideal settings. Overall I've been impressed with what it can do for the price.
So what is the story between the two? I know that LibreOffice is a fork of OpenOffice and that some/most/all of the devs moved to LibreOffice.
Is LibreOffice now far enough ahead to say forget about OpenOffice?
I'm guessing that this is the link: http://news.sciencemag.org/cli...
I think quiet wins over affordability. If there isn't anything available that is quiet and decent quality output then we go without.
Any suggestions at the higher end?
Why would anyone get a projector when 60"+ TVs are much cheaper than good projector + nice screen + extra bulbs?
Because we don't want a 60" screen in the living room where as we do have the ability to hide a projector screen in the ceiling. Currently we don't have a TV at all and want to keep it that way.
Along the same lines, does anybody have a good recommendation for a living room projector?
It would need to be 1080p (minimum!) and quiet but otherwise anything considered.
Go and ask any timber merchant for a bit of 2 by 4 and they will know what you are talking about but then ask them for what the actual size is. They will give you two answers, one for sawn timber and one for plained timber. The answers they give will be in millimetres and neither will be anything close to 50.8mm x 101.6mm. The length will also be given in metres.
All good points. I do like stuff small so it would probably be ok for me and I absolutely insist that displays are run at native resolution. It would be nice to see a 4K in operation though before I purchase. More research needed.
30Hz is a deal breaker for me. 60Hz or nothing. 30Hz is ok for watching movies apparently but I don't think I could cope with mouse lag.
39" would be nice though and removes the issue of everything being small.
I was thinking about getting a Asus PB287Q 28" 4K 60Hz as it has good reviews but was unsure as to whether I can stick with icons and stuff being small. I love the idea of the additional pixels as I always seem to not have enough but I here some programs aren't a good match as they don't scale well.
Anybody use a 4K display for programming / development work? Good or bad idea?
More here including the promise of video later this week.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24331860
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Yes that does seem to be the case
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