Dale Botkin wrote:
>
> On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, Alan B. Pearce wrote:
> > >And of course water won't bother the fiberglass...

> Yeah, but you're in a production environment with stringent controls and
> we would assume proper PCB cutting facilities.  I thought this discussion
> was about hobbyist and low-volume production.  There is of course nothing
> stopping one from baking the PCBs after cutting and before soldering.


Which is not hard, we have a wooden box with a
100W light globe and a couple of wire "kitchen"
racks and temp control which is 3 transistors
a pot and a 240v relay. It regulates temperature
very well and cost almost nothing to build. I
think the dearest part was a $7 digital thermometer.

Being able to dry boards and cure glues and inks
at 40'C or 50'C is very handy, it is one of our
most used pieces of equipment.

Another handy technique is to put the board on
the table and a 60W "arm type" desk lamp 3"
above it, this gives a fairly constant 50'C.
-Roman

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