I was a solder monkey for a summer a few years back, and all I had was a magnifying glass lamp [1], I was soldering resistors down to 0603. Last semester at un

I was a solder monkey for a summer a few years back, and all I had was a magnifying glass lamp [1], I was soldering resistors down to 0603. Last semester at university I did a hardware design course (sort of by accident), at the lab, they had a stereoscopic microscope similar to [2]. I never realised what I was missing out on until I used one, apparently they're up to 10 grand a pop, so I can see why my old work didn't have one, being a pretty small shop. [1] http://uk.farnell.com/lightcraft/lc8093led-euk/led-table-magnifier-1-75x-4x-mag/dp/2442796 http://uk.farnell.com/lightcraft/lc8093led-euk/led-table-mag... [2] http://www.visioneng.com/products/stereo-microscopes/lynx-dynascope-inspection-microscope http://www.visioneng.com/products/stereo-microscopes/lynx-dy...