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I use a Hakko FR-301 on the solder side and then hot air on the top to melt the final amounts whilst using tweezers to gently pull the chip up and out of the holes when the solder is melted. All this helped by lots of flux.

Sounds like excellent progress. The MFX seems to be the ideal basis for an increasingly capable system.

It is indeed an excellent price and I was surprised how low it was given the features.

I'd call the MFX almost the ultimate MTX upgrade.

The "must be a contiguous file" is a restriction many of these devices have and is fine. It's not as if you'll be changing the size once it's there. It may be useful to have the ability to read a config file pointing to the image in question so that you could have multiple images and point...

Indeed. The only thing which probably needs addressing is the storage. Being limited to the original SD card specification is a headache as hardly any small SD cards exist. Also having it as raw storage limits things. Maybe a future upgrade could be to encapsulate the drive image into a file on a FA...

It looks pretty good! Just get rid of the rusty screws and it will look great :) (The "professionally" printed end plates in resin are very smooth to begin with, though slightly greyer in colour) It's not rust it's "patina". :-) They'd probably look best spayed with satin black ...

Totally know what you mean. I "accidentally" bought a third MTX earlier this year when I bid on one expecting it to go waaaaay higher and wouldn't you know, I bloody well won the auction. :? :lol: Anyway, I've sanded down the prototype 3D printed end plate (could have done it a bit more a...

The problem I found was the tolerances on the actual case screw hole made it impossible to get the lower-rear screw anywhere near the thread. Anyway, given that the plate is in compression between the screw head and the case at that point the edge has little or no stress so it's unlikely to break, e...

Oh, I didn't see the letter. Maybe I opened the bottom of the box.

There's a manual?! I guess that it's on Primrosebank.

P.S. Found it!
It wasn't in a locked filing cabinet in a disused toilet with a sign on the door saying, "Beware of the leopard" thankfully.