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Man this one sent me down a fun rabbit hole. Based on this thread I did buy some orange masking tape but "PCB assembly jig" or "pcb...

I usually pull the leads and bend a bit (15-20 degrees?) until I’m confident the component won’t fall out.

I feel like this is hard to achieve. A slight bend will keep the component from falling out, but the component will still fall down at...

I've joined camp no-bend. I'd rather the components look kind of whack and still be able to remove them more easily. Maybe I was bending...

I don't bend the legs anymore. I've made my share of mistakes, and keeping the legs straight makes desoldering a whole lot easier. It...

Geez. When I put through hole parts in, I use small pliers to pull them down all the way (or with larger resistors I’ll have a removable...

Tried blu tak once, never again. Blue painters tape is definitely what you want. Seriously though, I've never used blue tak or...

I’ve also had issues with the blu tak doing just this! I’ve learned to bend leads to hold, and with things such as IC sockets, I hold...

Anything I can't keep in place by bending the leads I just hold with my finger. I let the solder hang off the front of my bench and I...

I should've included in my previous post that at one point, my blue-tack use caused build problems which is why I switched back to...

I did see something that followed a similar concept. It was a square frame that held the board. You dropped all components in the PCB...

I painted professionally for years until I finally found a better job that didn't require me to work weekends. The color of tape...

I use blu tack but also run into issues described in this thread, for me it's just barely ekes out compared to using tape: it's easier...

I use both. For soldering resistors and diodes when there isn't anything else populated on the board, Painter's tape works the best...

I recently bought some blu tack after seeing it recommended a few times. So far, I'm not too impressed. The stuff doesn't stick to...