Jack00 wrote in message
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Does anyone know a magnifying glass that can be used for surface
mounted components as they are too small to see with a standard
magnifying glass. And also which amplification ie 2x 5x 10x 20x

Cheers

I usually use one of these
http://www.growhubhydroponics.com/im...Microscope.jpg
with the transparent bit slid off. It has x30 and a goodly amount of
"headroom" between SMD and the lens.
If SMD lies right next to a large/deep lump on the pcb then a kids
microscope barrel with a large notch ground into the objective end, actually
ground into the plastic lens,
originally used for viewing VCR heads.