Quote Originally Posted by Elizabeth Greene View Post
I need a tool to make working on tiny things easier and I don't know if it exists. Search engines aren't great at finding obscure gizmo when you don't know the proper name so I thought I'd ask here before I go invent one.

I need to carefully position an iPad home button connector (0.25-inch x 0.125-inch rectangle) with <0.01-inch positional accuracy and hold it in place. Complicating that, I have hand tremors. It's normally a manageable condition but working at this scale is extremely difficult.

Is there a device that will reduce my motion inputs by some multiplier to allow careful positioning of parts at microscopic or near-microscopic scales?

Thanks
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_manipulator

also called a Waldo, or a robotic arm. Described by Robert A. Heinlein in 1942: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldo_(short_story)

I'm getting interested in this, myself. My dad spent the last decade or so of his life with Parkinson's, and my hands are doing a bit of shaking, and have been for a few years now. Could be the caffeine intake, could be Parkinson's' starting up. I can't seem to do without caffeine long enough to get a clue, and the last time I came close to making it seems to be when the shaking started for me. Note that the first wiki article mentions hydraulic power, and that (or perhaps pneumatic power) might be a way to dampen some of the shake.

Bill