How long do you cook it at full temp? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roman Black" To: Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2001 11:22 Subject: Re: [EE]: SMT Toaster Oven > 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. > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: > [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads > > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads