I have not got far enough along to try it yet but my local farm supply store sells big bore needles & syringes for farm animals. Now to look for the solder paste... John Ferrell 6241 Phillippi Rd Julian NC 27283 Phone: (336)685-9606 Dixie Competition Products NSRCA 479 AMA 4190 W8CCW "My Competition is Not My Enemy" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roman Black" To: Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 5:31 AM Subject: Re: [Fwd: $33 each] Advanced circuits PCB's > Robert E. Griffith wrote: > > > I too am planning on using SMT parts on my boards. One chip in my design > > (STA013 mp3 decoder) is only available in SMT. > > > I have found lots of low volume board makers on the > > Internet but no low volume assemblers. Maybe I am not looking in the right > > way. > > > > On the EE tag, they have been talking about using toaster ovens to run off > > small jobs yourself. > > > Hi Robert, at 5 minutes per run with a cheap > ($50?) toaster oven, doing a few boards per run, > I would suggest having a go yourself. It's working > for me, and I microscope each board completely to > make sure they come out good. The hardest part > was finding the 2% silver solder paste syringe, > and practicing using it. > :o) > -Roman > > -- > 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