From PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Fri Nov 15 16:21:52 2002 Received: from cherry.ease.lsoft.com [209.119.0.109] by dpmail10.doteasy.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-7.13) id AFA03230142; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 16:21:52 -0800 Received: from PEAR.EASE.LSOFT.COM (209.119.0.19) by cherry.ease.lsoft.com (LSMTP for Digital Unix v1.1b) with SMTP id <0.007DE2BC@cherry.ease.lsoft.com>; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 19:07:42 -0500 Received: from MITVMA.MIT.EDU by MITVMA.MIT.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8d) with spool id 1341 for PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 19:07:32 -0500 Received: from MITVMA (NJE origin SMTP@MITVMA) by MITVMA.MIT.EDU (LMail V1.2d/1.8d) with BSMTP id 4816; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 19:06:07 -0500 Received: from mail.3mtmp.com [141.117.25.187] by mitvma.mit.edu (IBM VM SMTP Level 320) via TCP with SMTP ; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 19:06:06 EST X-Comment: mitvma.mit.edu: Mail was sent by mail.3mtmp.com Received: from s25-20.resnet.ryerson.ca ([141.117.25.20] helo=3mtmp.com) by mail.3mtmp.com with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18CqXL-0008F0-00 for ; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 19:10:11 -0500 X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.8 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <3DD502E6.319C@ezy.net.au> <3DD57579.E581CD5D@3mtmp.com> <3DD562C5.2E66E6CA@telus.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <3DD59A37.AF7FB6C1@3mtmp.com> Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 19:07:03 -0600 Reply-To: pic microcontroller discussion list Sender: pic microcontroller discussion list From: Josh Koffman Subject: Re: [EE] Hot air soldering = cheap was Re: [EE]: Printer to PCB? To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU X-RCPT-TO: Status: R X-UIDL: 277600755 X-Evolution-Source: pop://mailinglist%40farcite.net@mail.farcite.net/ X-Evolution: 000007b6-0000 Ah...thank you for the link! I never would have known about the steel wool. At least I know I wasn't the only one who thought it worthy enough to try. Anyone actually succeed with this design? Any suggestions about solder paste? Keep them simple as I've never used it before :) Josh -- A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. -Douglas Adams David Harris wrote: > The originator did descibe putting some steel wool into the nozzle to help > the air heating. This is described at the parent page: > http://www.usbmicro.com/apps.html which is html and includes the pictures. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.