On Tue, 27 Feb 2001 19:36:23 -0800, you wrote:

>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?
Others have responded to this - the only thing I'd add - use a BRIGHT
benchlight.=20
>  2) What method do you use for connecting traces on opposite sides of a
>     two-sided PCB?
Check my PCB guide www.netcomuk.co.uk/~wwl/pcbs.html which discusses
this.

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