Stew Mac PCB Holder

[Verne Bunsen]

I never cease to be amazed by Stew Mac’s ability to develop and market products that I both roll my eyes at and also kind of want to buy...

https://www.stewmac.com/Luthier_Tools/Tools_by_Job/Tools_for_Electronics_and_Pickups/Soldering/StewMac_PC_Board_Holder.html

 

[mayfly]

I never found a use for PCB holders.  I have one, a pretty nice one actually.  Never gets used. 

 

[Chad11491]

FWIW, i bought literally the exact same thing for like 9 dollars on amazon. Half of their catalog is rebranded stuff at a 300% upcharge.

I like PCB holders for populating them. pop a good bit of components in, blue tack to hold them down, flip it over and solder away. I do a lot of builds from PedalPCB and their boards are so nice i hate sticking them in helping hands which mar up the board. Not that anyone will ever go and look at the PCB afterwards lol.

holder:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01709B0PW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[PhilHill]

I sometimes wonder if Stew-Mac isn't secretly run by the Ferengi from Star Trek. They are a species whose sole purpose in life is the pursuit of profit.
But, then again, that describes politicians too. :dontknow:

 

[Verne Bunsen]

I sometimes wonder if Stew-Mac isn't secretly run by the Ferengi from Star Trek. They are a species whose sole purpose in life is the pursuit of profit.
But, then again, that describes politicians too. :dontknow:

I will look out for them to start accepting bars of gold pressed latinum  as payment  :laughing7:

I never knew such a convenient device as this was around. I used to do a lot of pedal projects and would have loved one! Perhaps it is a good enough reason to start doing some more pedal projects...

 

[Hendrix]

Rebranded is part of OEM , huge part of made in China industry. a lot thing on Amazon and other site from this .

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[swarfrat]

I think I'm going to try to sell my PEM nut self centering drill bit bushing I made for drilling snapped screws out of the standoffs on my amp to Stew-Mac. Think I can get $65 for it?

 

[PhilHill]

Self centering? That should be worth $85 at least!  :icon_thumright:

 

[rgand]

That would be a good tool to have if you work on those PCBs a lot. The idea is sound. I like it. At $65 it would be a good purchase.