Hi All,
A mate was trying to change his CPU fan and in the process dropped the mobo onto the case a chivvied up a couple of the very fine tracks on the bottom of the board and from then on it didn't work (yes really!). ;-)
He asked if I could do something with it before he ordered a new one and I managed with the aid of my strongest glasses and a thick magnifying lens taped to one of those little clip on low voltage bendy shaft lamps (just to make a stand) see clearly enough to effect a repair . (I could then see the job ok, but my finest point tipped soldering iron looked like a length of scaffold pole and finest solder like a fire hose!). ;-(
Anyroad up, that got me thinking about getting one of those round fluorescent magnifying lamp things and my first few Google hits suggested they were ~ 100 quid!
Maplins have one at £29 odd and I wondered if anyone here had one (if so what are they like please) or could offer an alternative from a regular (Nt London) store etc?
High quality 125mm (5 inch) 3 dioptre glass lens (1.75 x Mag) .
The question is: would 1.75 x be enough' for that sort of work (being the worst case etc) do you think please?
If not, can you get 'stronger' ones please (without spending a fortune that is)? ;-)