Joe Little wrote:

>      Soldering SMT parts in a toaster oven....
>      I get the screaming heebe-jeebies with every installment of this
> thread.
>      I saw a technician that soldered with an electric charcoal grill
> starter.
>      He said they just plug it in until it glows cherry red, and wave
> it over
>      the board till everything looks soldered.
>
>      Component databooks frequently contain a page or two on
> soldering. The
>      Motorola data book have good information on temperature profiles
> and times.
>
>      The book contains a graph that looks something like:
>      preheat  to  50 C
>      increase to 150 C in in first minute
>      increase to 160 C in the next minute
>      increase to 170 C in the next minute
>      increase to 205 C in the next minute
>      decrease to  50 C in the last minute
>
>      Joe

And did the boards  work?
Probably. The things I have done to get a plant losing 10,000 bucks
every hour running again will also make some peoples hair stand on
edge...

I'm not critisising you, but sometimes one can get away with murder...

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