# Share tips you have come across

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# Tweezers #1

## Building an SMD Turning Plate.

- If you have ever done SMD Soldering, you know how frustrating it can be to upright SMD components.

- SMD resistors, LEDs, Transistors, and I.C.s all seem to be upside down when you dump them out on a surface.

- We can make the job of up righting these components easy by using the **Turning Plate** described in the images below.

- The key element of this tool is the **High Friction** silicone surface on an aluminum plate.

- Add a grasping, M2 brass standoff, post to let you easily pick up the tool with your fingers.

- The silicone material used here has adhesive backing that is stuck to the .064” aluminum.

- Alternatively, you can use a piece of silicone cookie sheet.

- Sharp tweezers are used to apply pressure to the component side edge, closest to the tweezers.  
Pull/slide the tweezers toward your hand as seen in the attached YouTube video.

 ![A](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/arduino/original/4X/3/2/2/322a4cfb6f36ab14c27578bd9d21d02fa5418419.jpeg)

 ![B](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/arduino/original/4X/4/1/b/41b462c1546e0cbc922511693cadec69d6627dec.jpeg)

 ![C](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/arduino/original/4X/4/9/9/4995405850d6f3ac6c592a7afcd513aad772e70d.jpeg)

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[![](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/arduino/original/4X/1/d/c/1dc4e16fd606b809c938de7984cc0b23bdb50ce9.jpeg "Turning over SMD resistors") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaDdplUQbmI)

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