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Name: DM – Solder paste and adhesive dispenser
SKU: 7447
Price: 139.00 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.72 (36 reviews)

DM – Solder paste and adhesive dispenser

(36 Reviews)

Bring your electronics and hobby projects to life with the best paste dispenser for makers!

Designed by Dan M in Mexico

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Shipping to United States of America starts at $12.00

Ships from Mexico

Quantity*

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Syringe color*

2 Syringes are included. Choose "amber" if you'll be dispensing UV curable adhesives or resins, choose "clear" for anything else.

External switch

Finger Switch: cheap and easy to setup, or Foot switch: comfortable and intuitive

Extra syringes (clear color)

All extra syringes include their own top and bottom caps and a white piston.

Extra syringes (amber color)

Used when dispensing UV curable adhesives or resins (not needed for solder pastes)

Extra piston holders

Used for mounting the piston to the motor leadscrew. Buy additional if you intend to store several pre-filled syringes ready to use.

Extension cable for motor (40cm)

Default cable length works fine for handheld use, but if you intend to use with CNC/3D printers or have a large bench, this extension could be useful.

Extra tips

One set includes 6 tips of the sizes shown in the description.

Rubber tip accessory

Extra rubber suction cup for picking up large chips in pick up mode. Requieres a 14ga size steel tip.

Extra syringe couplers

One is included in each order, add more if necessary.

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Bring your electronics and hobby projects to life with the best paste dispenser for makers!

Prototype quickly and easily your next design: Apply not only paste, but also use the pick and place function to position the components on your board (no vacuum pump or external accessory required...

What's included?

Everything shown in the main picture:

Control unit.
Motor assembly.
2x empty syringes with caps and piston holders. Around 15cc effective volume each.
2x White pistons. For general purpose use. Pastes, adhesives and medium to high viscosity material.
2x Red pistons. Improve pick and place performance and helps to dispense low viscosity fluids and lubricants.
1x Coupler for easy fluid transfer between syringes.
1x Rubber tip for picking up large ICs.
12 tips in the following sizes:

2x Conical size 18ga, 20ga and 22ga

2x Straight stainless steel, size 20ga and 22ga

1x Stainless steel, size 14ga straight and 14ga bent at 45deg

New for Version 2.0! The dispenser now uses precision piston holders. Machined from solid brass and nylon for added strength, better concentricity, less friction and backlash.

Additionally the new holder design allows for the user to replace the piston itself (the part that comes in contact with the material) with a simple screwdriver reducing the cost of spare syringes/pistons.

For more information visit the website: dmdispenser.wordpress.com

You can ask questions on the forum on Twitter or with the "Contact seller" link on this page.

Note1: For best results use the lowest viscosity paste you can get, solder pastes that come in pre-filled syringes are more likely to work right away than the ones sold in jars, for those you can add liquid flux and it will reduce the viscosity.

Note2: Contact me if you want an alternate shipping option not shown during checkout or if shipping is not available in your country. For "Registered mail" tracking number is provided but it's not guaranteed to work in all regions.

Note3: If you need a lower contents value on invoice for reduced import duties, let me know before or immediately after placing the order.

Rates to United States of America

Shipping Rate	Ships From	First item	Additional items
United States Postal Service: Registered mail Estimated shipping time 2 to 3 weeks.	MX	$12.00	$18.00
United States Postal Service: Priority mail Estimated shipping time 1 to 2 weeks. Signature required.	MX	$25.00	$7.00
FedEx: International economy Estimated shipping time 3-5 days.	MX	$48.00	$8.00

Review Breakdown

Average Ratings

Product: (4.00)

Documentation: (4.00)

Shipping: (4.00)

Communication: (4.00)

Uri | Jan. 26, 2020

You should get one of these. Life-changer for SMD assembly!

This solder-paste dispenser is a must-have for one-off prototype SMD assembly. Forget about ordering a stencil for your next prototype PCB - this kit does the trick pretty well, and with minimal paste waste. The online instructions are pretty good, and I was able to setup the kit and finish my first PCB within 10 minutes of opening the package.

So far I have used it with the following parts:
- 0603 and 0805 resistors, capacitors and LEDs: very easy to do, works great
- SOIC-8 chips: takes a very little practice to get those well
- USB Type-C connectors (LCSC part C319148): a bit challenging, but I was able to get it right on the 2nd attempt
- Very fine-pitched 0.4mm connector (Digikey H122178CT-ND): this one was pretty challenging. I contacted the seller and got some great tips on how to apply the paste and how to modify the footprint to making this easier.

Overall, I had a very positive experience and I'd recommend this product to anyone looking for a solution that allows easy and quick solder paste application. On top of all, the seller, Dan, is very responsive, and is always happy to help. My only regret is that I haven't bought it earlier!

Ronald | Jan. 1, 2020

A must have dispenser

I am starting to build more pcb's with SMD parts. This product exceeds all my expectations! To purchase equipment to do all the things this product does would cost thousands. For the home enthusiast this product turns a painful time staking SMD soldering task into a much smoother efficient operation plus ending up with a quality PCB without all the mess of dispensing solder paste manually plus trying to hold onto SMD parts with tweasers. Clearly the design represents "thinking outside the box" and is a real complement to anyone wanting to work with SMD parts. My only negative remark applies to all products I have ordered internationally and that is shipping takes way too long.

Sol | Dec. 23, 2019

Great product

You can see that a lot of thought went into the product. You get a lot of documentation on the website. All was well packaged and in perfect condition. Thanks again!

Evan | Dec. 21, 2019

An excellent product

This is a great little unit. It's really well engineered and makes appropriate use of the various additive and subtractive manufacturing techniques that went into its construction. Dan clearly put a lot of thought and care into its design, construction, programming and documentation.

Furthermore, Dan is *exceedingly* responsive and helpful with tech support. In my case, it turned out that the solder paste I was using is highly compressible, making it far more challenging to dispense. After exchanging several emails, he clued me in to the advanced settings, with which I was able to get it dispensing reliably.

I'm really happy with how extensively configurable it is, and that I can easily swap between tubes of different pastes/chemicals, and that it only requires power to operate (unlike pneumatic paste dispensers).

As others had warned, shipping to the US was quite slow (about 3 weeks), but that's really the fault of the postal services - the order was shipped almost immediately, and everything was extremely well-packed - it just took forever to get across the border.

Ben | Nov. 8, 2019

well put together

I am really happy with this product. I don't mind knowing its probebly just an Arduino with a couple of push button rotary encoders and stepper motor driver. In fact I'm happy in the fact that if I ever want to put this thing on a 3d printer or something I'll know how its working!! happy !!

Blair | Oct. 16, 2019

Perfectly Engineered Product

Doesn't do too little or too much. It's perfectly simple and does a great job at dispensing and picking, right out of the box. Honestly, for picking alone, this does a much better job than most of the more expensive products out there.

Everything is quite balanced in the hand. There is a little weight towards the rear when in pick mode (because you don't have the weight of the solder paste), but this works really well as you just have to release your finger pressure a little to pick up the part and the motor comes to rest on the back of your hand. This reduces hand fatigue quite a bit and is a joy to work with.

Clearly there has been a lot of thought that has gone into this and I congratulate Dan on a really well put together product!

Andrew | June 24, 2019

Looks like a good product

The dispenser arrived from Mexico very well packaged with no damage or parts missing. The controller, foot pedal and stepper look and feel of good quality construction. The controller itself is of a very neat laser cut acrylic design which is quite nicely done. All the accessories I ordered are in place and of quality materials. Time will tell if the set is robust but initial feelings are this is a tool which will get a lot of use.

John | June 18, 2019

Fantastic solder paste dispenser! Takes a while to ship.

This is a fantastic tool, and the seller is kind and incredibly responsive to questions. I've used it to apply solder paste to a number of circuit boards so far, and it has performed incredibly well. I opted for the foot pedal trigger and have had no issues dispensing exactly the amount of paste that I need. Sometimes, if I keep the pedal depressed for tool long, pressure builds up in the syringe and I get a little bit of "overshoot", but if I make small solder paste dots everything works perfectly. Overall, I would buy this again and recommend it to my friends.

The only surprise was that Mexico Post took 5 weeks to get the package to me, despite it being shipped the same day as I ordered it by the seller (it got caught up in customs for a very, very long time). If the seller could add a shipping option with other carriers, it would certainly be worth the money. I would have saved $30 in stencils if I had this device 5 weeks earlier, so fast shipping would be a no brainer if possible.

Johannes | June 3, 2019

Just perfect

Have used this product for 5 boards now (more than 500 components) It works flawlessly!
Pasting just perfect!!!!
Tip if you use metal needle: Hold your finger all the way down on the metal needle, this heats up the paste very quickly.

Pick & place, almost perfect.
I often forget to reset (set the piston ready to suck) after I place a component. It would be nice if it could self reset after a short time, for instance the time it takes to bottom out the piston. You can't suck more than bottom out anyway.

I would not hesitate buying this product!!!

Saeid | May 6, 2019

Sweden

It works as expected. The pedal is non-functional.
I wish we had possibility to use different step motors. Also the reverse rotation, is it possible to control it? or is it already set and not possible to modify?

Response from Dan M | May 6, 2019

Hello Saeid, thanks for buying.

Yes, you can use other stepper motors and change the amount and speed of the reverse rotation. Make sure to read the Advanced section of the online user guide:
https://dmdispenser.wordpress.com/advanced/

Also if you find that the pedal doesn't work it's probably not fully inserted in the external trigger port, double check this connection. If you need more help feel free to contact me directly.
Thanks

Pablo | March 5, 2019

Very good product.

I am very happy with this purchase!
Product is as described and very good built.
It took some time to arrive to Canada and I had very good support from the vendor when I emailed asking for details. For some reason the tracking number was not working. Product was very well packaged.
Today, I finally got it and everything seems to be working as expected.
Very recommendable product.

Arman | Jan. 15, 2019

Well put together and good quality

This dispenser is very well put together and there is obviously a lot of time put in designing it. I recommend anyone looking for a dispenser to get this one.

David | Dec. 22, 2018

Very nice

Got it, started playing with it and I am impressed. Very nicely done.

David | Dec. 14, 2018

Simply awesome

Its a great tool to have in your arsenal. Took practically no time to get it setup and get a feel for the configurations.

Maurits | Nov. 13, 2018

Absolutely Phenomenal

I was kindly surprised when I opened the box. The attention to detail, the care in which the dispenser has been produced and packaged is top notch. The dispenser works very well and is very precise so if you are considering a pneumatic dispenser, please consider this product instead. It really is the better alternative and is highly recommended.

Andy | Aug. 29, 2018

Great product and price, works well with repeatable results

This is a very nicely designed unit, with strong 3D printed parts and nice laser cut case.

Dispenses solder paste well, repeatable results when settings are tuned and dialled in, and the firmware is easy and intuitive to use with a lot of customisable settings.

Well packed and good construction quality.

Schematic included in box to help customisation if you want to do that.

The designer Dan is also very helpful with quick email replies.

Thanks for the awesome product.

Sungju | Aug. 26, 2018

very good for use, I made a uvglue auto-dispenser withing

With anet-a8 3dp, I made a uvglue auto dispenser with this DM dispenser.

budget is about $400, much cheaper than autodispenser in market(about $10000)

well I use it well, thanks,

but the delivery was so late. I paid $48 for ems but it took about 3 weeks to south korea.

and one more, the price is too great. $149.99(including switch) is very good price for south korea. because from $150, tax must be paid.

Michael | Aug. 3, 2018

Not a better paste/component dispenser to be had.

It’s not often you get a product that lives upto it’s marketing hype. This does, and then some. Right out the box, packaging manual, support pictures etc everything is logical and well set out. The build quality is also excellent. I don’t often do reviews but this is one exceptional product that does what it says and more.
Anyone in the market for help in applying solder paste or picking and placing components needs the DM solder paste and adhesive dispenser. Even if you want to build an automated machine for these processes, you can make use of the whole device as the point of final delivery. Either paste or picking and placing components.

Hui | July 20, 2018

The most satisfied shopping experience I have ever had!

I am a student from the UK and bought this device to work with a robot program. The product is really useful and multi-functional that we can use it with the industrial robot arm, I also bought the extra finger trigger to connect with relay for another digital signal as the switch.
Dan is such a sooooooooooo nice seller that so responsible for whole shopping process, even my parcel was stuck by FedEx, he really understood my feeling and tried to think from my side to resend me a new one!!! Finally, with the help with Dan, I received the parcel successfully.
After I received the parcel, he is still with full patience to answer every question that I asked!

To sum up, I want to give 100000000000 scores for the amazing shopping experience, the device is really brilliant and well-designed with every detail!

Richard | May 11, 2018

Really nice DM – Solder paste and adhesive dispenser

Worked great out from the box. Easy to program, feels nice to use.
Very responsive seller that will make sure it works well for you.
Would be nice to have slightly longer wires between the stepper motor and the control module.
The pre-wired possibility of using 12V is very much appreciated.
Nice execution of the concept. Love it.

Sandra | May 1, 2018

Awesome

I love the DM dispenser. I am an artist / crafter. This little workhorse of a machine finally lets me use aleenes tacky glue for my art without all the noise and hurting my hand. It is easy to use and setup. Dan is a gem of a person. He answered all questions and willing to help me if i had more. and the size if the syringes was more than i expected. Less time wasted filling up more time doing my art. Simple and beautiful. Thank you so much.

Scott | April 24, 2018

Excellentnpeoduct

Excellent product. Quick shipping. Works very well. Good documentation on website. Would highly recommend this solder dispenser

Joseph | March 28, 2018

Excellent Tool!

I was concerned about the size of the tube and weight of the motor. But it fits in your hand good and weight is not an issue. Also the motor makes a good base to stand on when putting it down.
Manual mode is easy to use and setup. The dot mode can be a little finicky to set up but works good once setup and dispenses they same amount every time. The knobs are also a little finicky. One click on the knob is not always the next menu item.
Filling the tubes thru the coupler is a excellent idea. No mess and waisted paste! And having caps at both ends to seal off works well. The only waisted paste is what is left in the tips. There is also paste left in the tube when the plunger is bottomed out. I didn't realize I was at the end (the motor stalling is the clue) and may have distorted the plunger. I'll know when I refill. And these tubes seem to be better than the ebay tubes.
It was shipped right away but the USPS took 25 days. It would have been faster if I just drove down to Mexico and picked it up (I live in Texas).
My request would be to have smaller tubes or be able to use the existing solder paste tubes.
Note: If pressing any button causes the screen to flash. Disconnect the motor. If the buttons now work, your power supply is not providing enough current.

Yoon | Jan. 18, 2018

It is cool than I thought. And I like it very much.

I got good stuff.
It is cool than I thought. And
I like it very much.
The interface is intuitive and easy to use. It seems to be better than the compressed air method.
Thank you for a good product.

Brett | Dec. 25, 2017

Great product!

This is a pretty sweet solder paste dispenser. If you are in that spot where hand soldering is getting to slow but your not quite ready for stencils this hits the spot.

Cameron | Dec. 19, 2017

A really well presented unit, functional and neat.

I have only used it a few times but it works well and is a vast improvement over syringe by hand. The unit is also quite neatly presented

Andrew | Dec. 6, 2017

Working a treat with weld-on products

This is working really nicely with polycarbonate cements. I'm sing it with Scigrip weldon 16 and 4. With the included tips, syringes and plungers it's working really nicely. Scigrip 16 doesn't work with any of the provided tips, but when diluted down it flows nicely. Thanks, I'm enjoying a little more automation.

Nemunas | Oct. 18, 2017

Good product!

Really good solder paste dispenser. Easy to use. Documentation was includes in the shipment. Using it more then one week and had no problems at all.

Alexander | Oct. 11, 2017

Great product !

Great product ! Absolutely worth the price. Shipping takes a few weeks. Product works very well and is well designed. My compliments. Communication and Support is appreciated very much too!

Ben | Aug. 30, 2017

well done

Everything works, and was posted from mexico to england (within a month) without complaint. thankyou

David | March 27, 2017

Great product, great customer service

The DM Dispenser made my solder assembly much more quick and easy than my old method.. I began playing with it on a Saturday and my foot pedal wouldnt work, so I contacted the maker and he responded within about 10 minutes! All I needed to do was push the pedal plug in a bit harder and it worked perfectly after that. My boards have 0402 passives and QFN packages and this dispenser worked good with a low viscosity paste and a 22 gauge tip. Would definitely recommend.

Stefan | March 3, 2017

Works great and exactly as advertised.

At the moment i don't have any PCBs to populate, so i did not test
the dispenser with solder paste yet. But i find myself using it for
other tasks i haven't considered using an automatic dispenser before.
Currently, it's an etchant pen, but yesterday it was used as a
lubrication system for tapping threads.

I am thinking about ordering another one, for mixing two-component
adhesives. And maybe one more for a friend of mine, she might use
it as a high precision pastry bag.

The menu system is easy to use and pretty much self-explanatory. The only
thing i had to look up in the manual was how to enter pick up mode.

Documentation is excellent, however a bit scattered. It starts
on a printed page (quick guide and schematics) which continues in a
PDF file (user guide) which continues on the web site (advanced).

If you find a sticker reading 'push firmly into external trigger port',
do exactly this. This sticker is not for idiots or legal reasons, it
just tries to be helpful. I have a master degree in EE, about 25 years of
professional experience, ignored the sticker and failed to seat the TRS plug
properly.

Shipping was 14 days to Germany by Correos de México Registered mail,
which i consider is pretty fast. No problems with customs at all.

Thanks!

Florent | Dec. 28, 2016

good product - very good communication&support

I could only say good points about this product.
It's well designed, works great!
However, the best part is the support, could not be better.
Highly recommended, it's worth the price.

Gerald | Oct. 17, 2016

Dan and Product are exceptional.

I am not using the dispenser for solder. I have put it on my cnc router to dispense liquids in patterns. The dispenser is easily controlled by my flashcut motion controller. The quality of construction is superb an it worked perfectly straight out of the box. The foot control works great. I powered it first by computer use power then by and old 5 volt power supply. Both worked equally well.

I would like to have more liquid capacity in the syringe, but that is due to my need and I am sure there is enough capacity for soldering. I would like to be able to run multiple syringes off one controller, it may do so, I have not discussed this with Dan. I could always purchase extra controllers. It would get a little crowded on the gantry.

THanks Dan for great product and service.

Leo | Sept. 12, 2016

A great seller and a great product.

Some time ago I order the DM Dispenser. I found it on the Tindie site.
I also ordered a footswitch and a longer cable for the dispenser, so that I could better manoeuvre on my workbench.
After a week I received the dispenser in good order.

Now was the time to test it…
The assembly of the tool is very easy.
The filling of the dispenser too.

Than I started in DOT-mode.
After some tuning of the parameters and the choice of the right rubber tip (I use another solder past) the tool worked perfect (DOT mode).

Testing in Manual-mode.
In this case I also had to adjust some parameters (as to expect).
Drawing a line for a SMD-IC was than a piece of cake.

Now I tested Pick up-mode.
I lubricated the plunger with sewing machine oil, the only one I had home.
After 2 or 3 seconds the vacuum leaked away and the passives and SMD IC’s fell down.
I lubricated more, I greased the plunger but nothing seemed to work.

I informed Dan about my trouble with the pick up-mode. I expected a response in a couple of days. No way! The same day Dan mailed me that he expected that the oil was probably to thin.
Although it was mentioned in his operating manual, for the moment I had no other oil.
The next day I bought some thicker oil in a local shop, applied it and all my troubles were gone. The pick up-mode worked now also perfect.

Summarizing:
I can advise everybody who works with SMD’s to buy the tool.
Yes, the tool is not cheap, but worth all its money.
So if you want one, go to “Tindie” and look for DM Dispenser.

Moreover I have to mention that Dan writes “after sales” in CAPITALS!

An enthusiastic owner.

Wout | Aug. 5, 2016

Amazing product and customer service!!

First of all, you can find my complete review here: http://www.eevblog.com/forum/reviews/dm-dispenser-now-available/msg998323/#msg998323

This review will be a very short summary of the other one.

After buying the dispenser I got a mail the same day asking about what the seller should put on the customs declaration forms to let the package get to it's destination as quickly as possible. The package went out on the Monday after that. When I've got the package on Friday in the same week, I noticed that a hole was poked in it. After unpacking and checking all the contents I contacted the seller to let him know about this. The syringe holder (the plastic that's bolted on the motor) was broken on one side on delivery, but the seller instantly offered me a replacement sent out from the UK (fabricated in the UK and sent straight to my address). After 4 days I had my spare part.

I can say that I am really happy with the device and would buy it again without hesitation. The seller is also VERY quick in answering e-mails and really wants you to have the best customer support experience possible. I haven't found any other company or private individual offering such great support!

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