I am soooo jealous of Birmingham!

Birmingham has 2, I only have 1!

Yes, I do work from time-to-time. We made a trip to Birmingham...no, not to wirebond. For those of you who want the not-so-glamorous side of living in England, I sit in front of these machines and keep them running on a day-to-day basis. That is why traveling is essential to my health!

We went to Birmingham to “borrow” their manual pick-and-place die bonder, so it would have a nice home after they upgraded to Dr. Tresky. 

Simon loves his pick-and-place, and wanted to make sure it had a good home. We've named her 'Zelda'!

                                                   Yes Simon,  I will take good care of Zelda 😌

But that is not the best thing about Birmingham. I got to visit a museum and 'yes' it ticked all the boxes. Museum takes just an hour to see, perfect, just enough and not too much.

Patron saint of wirebonding...it takes that many arms to run one. 

                             
Rodin!

The best of all was the chocolate! I found Cadbury Dark Milk Chocolate. Yes, to die for...Yummy! 

                                                 We toured the factory! So cute little people!

Then it was back to the salt pile.

Oxford

Thanks Simon for the lovely Zelda the Die Bonder. It is in good hands!