Hi David, I didn't see the group but had checked
out a couple of amatuer SMT pages on the web.

You really don't need a special controller, I
just preheat the oven to about 150'C, put the
boards in, wait 2 minutes, then turn the oven up
full and watch the stopwatch. Works every time,
just takes a little practice getting the boards
placed well over the elements for even heating.

I can take a picture and post it up if you like.
:o)
-Roman


David Harris wrote:
>
> Hi-
> Are you aware of the Easy-Bake egroup at
> http://au.egroups.com/group/E-Z_Bake ?  Kind of quite now, but plans were
> to dedign a controller with temperature control to do this.  Do you have
> any pictures of the results?
> David
>
> Roman Black wrote:
>
> > Hi Guys, we have successfully done a few boards
> > now with SMT PIC chips in a cheap toaster oven,
> > they are coming out quite good.
> >
> > Many thanks to Alexandre who sent me a temperature
> > vs time chart, and helpful "expert" tips.
> >
> > Just letting you know you can get a pretty good
> > result with a $35 US (second hand) toaster oven
> > and a stopwatch, and good solder paste of course.
> >
> > Each run it seems to be getting a bit better.

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