I have heard of this method before. You all have encouraged me to try this
myself with these posts.

Now, for variation on a theme:

How might I solder a flex circuit to a board. I'm told it's done with the
"hot bar" method, but am unfamiliar with the term. Has anyone done this
before?

TIA,
Chris

>  All,
>
>  I have used a method similar to this except that I use solder wick
>  to pick up the excess solder.   I have done 348 pin ASICS with .25
>  mil lead pitch this way, and you couldn't tell them from machine
>  placed and soldered parts.   The trick is to use the correct size
>  solder wick (Small - about .1" or less width) and just enough heat
>  to pull the excess solder into the wick.  Once this is done, pull
>  the heat away quickly.   Once you do this a few times and get used
>  to it, you'll be able to solder and wick a part in just a minute or
>  so.  I have not tried the solder sucker method, but I too would
>  agree that that would probably pull up nearly all the solder.
>
>
>                                                       Regards,
>
>                                                         Jim
>
>

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