1) If you are going to do this by hand, use a regular soldering iron with a very small tip. 2) Traces are connected with plated holes called "vias". Douglas Wood Software Enigneer dbwood@kc.rr.com Home of the EPICIS Development System for the PIC and SX http://www.piclist.com/techref/member/DW--RA4 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Whittington" To: Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 9:36 PM Subject: [OT]: Surface mount devices and 2-sided boards > These are two seperate questions. I'm curious to know how others > that are etching and stuffing their own PCB's handle the following: > > 1) How do you handle soldering surface mount components? Hot-air > soldering? Traditional methods? > > 2) What method do you use for connecting traces on opposite sides of a > two-sided PCB? > > Thanks! > > -Mark > > -- > [ http://pgpkeys.mit.edu:11371/ - search for markc@liquidev.com ] > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics > (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics