{"id":5801,"date":"2015-01-12T15:14:07","date_gmt":"2015-01-12T23:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/?p=5801"},"modified":"2015-09-26T11:10:55","modified_gmt":"2015-09-26T18:10:55","slug":"cool-tools-menda-35622-spudger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/cool-tools-menda-35622-spudger\/","title":{"rendered":"Cool Tools: Menda 35622 Spudger"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Menda<\/a><\/p>\n

The Menda 35622 spudger<\/a>\u00a0(datasheet<\/a>), an official Apple repair tool made famous by ifixit’s iPhone repair guides<\/a>, is\u00a0handy for all sorts of spudging(?) applications, including bending, prying, pushing, shoving, tweaking, twisting, scraping, and soldering.<\/p>\n

These are now readily\u00a0available from most electronics and phone repair shops, but I usually buy them in bulk on eBay<\/a>.<\/p>\n

You can also find them on amazon.com:
\nMenda Soldering Probe, Nylon, 6″ OAL, Spudger<\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n

Another option: These orangewood sticks from Techni-Tool <\/a>are also great for pushing and prying. Since they’re disposable they can also be used for things like mixing epoxy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Menda 35622 spudger\u00a0(datasheet), an official Apple repair tool made famous by ifixit’s iPhone repair guides, is\u00a0handy for all sorts of spudging(?) applications, including bending, prying, pushing, shoving, tweaking, twisting, scraping, and soldering. These are now readily\u00a0available from most electronics and phone repair shops, but I usually buy them in bulk on eBay. You can … Continue reading Cool Tools: Menda 35622 Spudger<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5802,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[40,5],"tags":[243,485,491],"class_list":["post-5801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books-and-resources","category-electronics","tag-apple","tag-cool-tools","tag-menda"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/menda_35622.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pioCd-1vz","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5788,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/cool-tools-dealextreme-edition\/","url_meta":{"origin":5801,"position":0},"title":"Cool Tools: DealExtreme Edition","author":"Jeff","date":"January 1, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Dealextreme\u00a0is home to a few good buys on electronics prototyping supplies. 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